The correct answer is <em>They held free elections. </em>
The Cold War took place after World War II and lasted until the 1990's. It was a state of political, ideological and cultural tension between the Soviet Union and it's satellite states and the United States with it's allied nations in Europe.
One of the main factors of the Cold War was that while the Soviet Union fought to spread communism, the United States and it's aligned nations wanted to contain it, and favored the democratic system and held free elections.
The texans did nonviolent protests such as blockades, tree-sitting, boycotts, sit-ins and not paying their taxes
By extending their arguments to address entire nations, some social Darwinists justified imperialism on the basis that the imperial powers were naturally superior and their control over other nations was in the best interest of human evolution.
They were expected to focus only on their homes and families.