We continued on the blog talks today in class these the things we learned.What did progressives do to make our country more democratic?17th Amendment called for the direct election of US senators meaning people could vote for their senators. Went for the secret ballot so people weren't intimidated people. Recall- elected official of the state runs the country badly enough that they recall the vote so that someone better could be elected.Initiative and referendum. Allowing people to vote for laws if the government were doing terrible.What is women’s suffrage? What approaches did women use to gain the right to vote?Women's suffrage was basically for women to be able to vote. Before only men were in government and got educations. Seneca Falls was the first time women got together to try and get the right to vote. They were upset when all U.S. citizens could have the right to vote and this let African Americans vote but not women still. 19th ammendment finally gave women the right to vote in 1920.
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