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because of your ancestors
Democracy is all about the people having a say. So if the people feel like something should be changed or added, they can. One example was slavery. It was legal at the time, but later on it was decided all slaves were to be set free. If we didn't have a democracy and the amendment process, the slave law that was ok in the 1700's couldn't have changed later on.
Reporters and news editors deny that they are the most powerful political actors, that is all I know. If this doesn't help. I'm sorry.
a direct democracy people go directly to meetings to speak. these are normally in small places and countries. in larger countries there are representative democracy (which the us has) people are elected who have the same views as the people and they represent the people. this is used in larger countries.
Answer: Right after the Civil War, the most popular pastime for American people was sports; mainly baseball. Although at first, it was only meant for rich people, the opening of publick gymnasiums, courts and fields allowed the working and middle class to also do sports. Other activities included reading newspapers and books, visiting museums, amusement parks and vaudeville shows such as the "Wild West shows".
Compared to popular activities today, there is some resemblance with the post-Civil War era, like reading, doing sports, etc... although nowadays vaudeville shows don´t exist anymore. Other important pastimes nowadays are playing videogames or watching movies, which didn´t exist in the 1800´s.