How Did America Become More Democratic In The United States

Democracy is a system in which the people are given power to a government or system in order to represent them, and this will be the definition of democracy that I will be using for my paper. During the 1920s the United States became more democratic in various ways. One of the ways that the United States became more democratic is by allowing women the right to vote. There was also culture transformation which was used as a tool “empower ordinary people and transform the style of politics” (pg 674). It was also during this time that child labor laws were created which added on to the democratic trend during this period (pg 666).
Women being able to finally vote in the 1920s had a big effect on the United States. It changed the United States and made it more democratic. This is because once women were allowed to vote they then became represented whereas before they were not. By the definition, this right given to women made the United States more democratic. When voting women had the
Before as stated in the text “voters had been active participants in political campaigns” (pg 675). After this transformation voters were then consumers so in order for politicians to get their vote they had to appeal to them. Politicians appealed to voters by representing them and showing them how they would help the voters given they voted for them. This was differently done at this time because newspapers and radio stations that were once controlled by certain parties were now branching out (pg 675). Since these groups were branching out there was less bias meaning there was more actuate representation than before, when radio stations and newspapers were simply saying whatever the politicians wanted them to say. Radio stations and newspapers were appealing to their consumers and in a way representing them by giving them the decision to make their own minds up instead of spewing