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Essay / How Democracy Grew - 863
Democracy is a system by which the entire population or all eligible members of the state, usually through elected representatives. Is a government in which the American people choose their leaders by voting. As a country, we choose a person who we want to represent as a state and as a country as a whole. Previously, we established the meaning and understood the correct definition of being in a democratic government. We must decide how to form the government. In the way we think about it as a country. When we started creating a democracy in the 1800s. We only allowed so many people to participate in our government. From 1801 to 1815 we had two different types of political groups. These two political groups were called Hamiltonian and Jeffersonian. Jeffersonians favor small government. Hamiltonians favored a large government system. Jeffersonian had a deep faith in ordinary people; like farmers. They want to lower voting conditions. The Jeffersonian wanted to have a more democratic government and reduce the number of federal employees. In fact, the fact that federal employees would cause the government to favor them and not the hardest workers. The Jeffersonian consisted of artisans, merchants, frontier settlers, and small farmers. This type of government was strong in the South and the southwest borders. Hamiltonians were made up of manufacturers, merchants, professionals and bankers. Their support came primarily from New England and the Atlantic coast. They wanted to balance the economy of agricultural trade, finance and manufacturing. Additionally, they preferred to provide government aid to commerce, finance, and manufacturing. They helped create a national bank and want...on paper...to become a national government. In 1920, the government approved the 19th Amendment, according to which women have the same rights as men. In the 1930s, democracy was a multi-level decision-making process: to make a decision, you needed three levels to make it. First, the decision must be voted on by a small group of delegates to see if it merits moving to the next level. The next level concerns the president. Where he will decide to either approve the decision or veto it. Finally, the bill is sent to Congress where they vote to pass or reject it. All these political parties played a role in ensuring that we had a democratic government. Where we, the people, can decide who can represent us as a nation. Where we have a say in things. No, one main branch of government can decide everything, or can govern different things without having a say..