The answer to this question is: <span>it was impractical in a large country
In direct democracy, every decision by the Government should be run by all registered citizen within that country.
Imagine if teverytime government want to make a program it should be run through 300 million people. It will take more than 1 presidential period just to finish proposing a program.</span>
From my knowledge, potatoes used to be a poisonous plant. Unbelievable right? So what the farmers whould do is they would stomp on them and let them be in the sun for a while then the heat of the sun would rise the poison so the potatoes wouldn't be poisonus anymore so then they are safe to eat.
Progressives--the Progressives pushed for reform in many areas. The quality of food and access to drugs became the focus of Progressive Republican Teddy Roosevelt.
The Progressives included a group called 'muckrakers' who wrote and exposed the ills of the industrial process. The book, The Jungle, highlighted the conditions of meatpacking plants and inspired the government to address the issue. The FDA was created to regulate and clean up the food industry.