Nation is its citizens and Jefferson stresses basically that that is why the people must participate in the government. The government is of the people for the people which means that the government is made up from the citizens of the United States. It is those same citizens that, by their right to vote, choose who will do their will in the government. Precisely because the people choose who will be in the government is the reason why they must be more active as it will decide what policies were going to be pushed.
They basically pass laws..i try to remember this by say Legislature and Laws...i hope i helpd
Generally speaking, during the Gilded Age, the US government passed legislation to "<span>b. handle the great number of people living in cities," since there was a great urban shift due to widening prosperity. </span>
Generally speaking, World War II created "<span>c. a combination of prosperity and scarcity" on the homefront, since it boosted employment and GDP but there was still war rationing. </span>