The correct answer to this open question is the following.
You did not include the map, we can comment on the following.
General Howe made his attack on the United States in the following way. General William Howe was to attack north from New York. Other generals such as John Burgoyne was coming down from the Canadian territory. So Howe decided to invade and capture the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, instead of having a strategic plan that supported the efforts with Burgoyne's troops. What General Howe wanted to do is to gain support from Loyalists in Philadelphia. Let's have in mind that Philadelphia was a key city in those years because it was the place where the Continental Congress was located.
The correct answer is C) They supported the direct election of U.S. Senators.
One of the voting reforms that the Populists advocated was "they supported the direct election of U.S. Senators."
The populist had a well defined political platform that convinced a considerable portion of Americans. The populist supported the direct election of Senators, the free coinage of silver, total support for farmers in debt, a graduated income tax that helped people suffering from economic problems, the abolition of the national bank, the permanent print of paper money, and the ownership of the means of transportation by the government, the creation of pensions for workers and the reduction of the working day to 8 hours.
The central government was weak since the majority of the power rested with the states and Congress was not given the power to tax.. The Articles of Confederation called for unanimous approval of the states to change or amend the Articles, and for the approval by 9 of the 13 states to pass all major laws.
I'm pretty sure that's the communist manifesto by Marx.
People started realizing that they could stimulate demand and make people want to buy things even though they might not think of them or might not need them. They figured how to use people's psychology against them, and the media was helpful because the media would also earn from this due to ads. This industry seriously began developing in the second half of the 19th century.
