today we started class by Bruns talking about what the progressives did to make our country more democratic. the 17th ammendment allowed people to vote for their senators.The Austrialian ballet/the secret ballet was invented so people couldnt pressure you on who you vote. these were a very important part of making our country democratic.the recall is what people of the state could issue if a political figure was doing a bad job. this would allow an early election to vote for a new leader.Next he talked about initiative and referendun. allowing people to vote for laws if the government wasnt doing a good job covering certain things.Next we talked about women suffrage. Before the proggressive era only men were in government and could get education. In seneca falls is the first place where a lot of women got together to fight for the right to vote. the 14th amendment let anybody that was born in america vote which meant african americans could also vote. now the women were especially upset because they still couldnt vote and blacks could.next we talked about taxation. tariffs and income tax
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