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Athenian Democracy was a political regime created and adopted in Athens in the period of Ancient Greece, being the first democratic government in history.
The difference is that in the democratic primordios, the whole population participated of the democracy by means of the voting in public squares of Athens.
The democratic regime has evolved into the representative regime, where citizens choose their representatives through voting. These representatives have the legitimacy to make decisions that cherish the common good. This is the regime used in the US and throughout the democratic world.
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B. applying most Bill of Rights protections to state governments.
Explanation:
Incorporation, according to United States law is simply the way sections of the Bill of Rights are applied to state level instead of only federal level.
Before the 20th Century, most notably in 1833, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights applied only to federal legal and not at state level. Also in 1876, the Supreme Court also ruled that the First and Second Amendment didn't apply to the state level.
However, from the early 1900s, there were decisions taken by the Supreme Court which interpreted that the Fourteenth Amendment was to incorporate many parts of the Bill of Rights and for the first time, it was applicable to state governments.
The rights and the privileges of freedmen were still threatened after the civil war because laws were still made to regulate their activities. The black codes law were enacted which controlled the way a freed man can live; strict restrictions were placed on them, they can not vote, serve on jury, travel freely or engage in occupation of their choice.
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