The Mayflower Compact was all about self government. It was the first time the colonists had to make decisions on their own without the Monarch's influence. The United States today doesn't go based on self government because it would be detrimental to the people, anarchy would occur. That is why there's 3 branches of government. The legislative, judicial, and executive branch. Those in these branches must work together to avoid and deal with problems the nation may experience.
There was the development of the railroads that opened the West to massive amounts of white settlement. The railroads were important for industrialization.
<span>Antigone defied King Creole's order not to bury Polynieces, her brother because it is the divine will that he be given the burial ritual.
B. Obedience to human law vs. obedience to divine law; Antigone acts in accordance with the divine law and accepts the human fate that befalls her. </span>
The United States is a democracy in name but sometimes, the actions of the government feel as though it is not a democracy. Some of those actions include:
- Money politics.
- The rich having more rights.
- Racial division.
- Justice along ideological lines.
<h3>How can the U.S. be said to be undemocratic?</h3>
Politics in the United States is controlled by the rich. They are both the people who run for office and the ones who raise money for others to run for office. This means that the interests of the rich are ahead of those of the average American.
There is also racial division in the country which has led to some groups being treated unequally which is not to be the case in a democracy. Justice given by the Courts are also based on their ideologies and not the will of the majority such as the rolling by of Roe v. Wade by the Conservative Supreme Court.
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