These values, processes, and structures are paramount in defining the American system of government. It is based on the values of liberty, equality, self determination, opportunity, and popular consent. It operates through free and fair elections, majority and plurality rule, and the consent of the governed. Finally, it has the federalism organization of division of powers between the national and state governments.
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the change in democracy between the two periods shows that it is a process
In the 19th century, the supreme test of democracy in America was the Civil War. As it turned out, the Civil War was a big ideological victory for democracy.
Use of initiatives had the effect of allowing direct democracy.
They showed The split in the Democratic Party.
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