A representative democracy is similar to a constitutional monarchy because power in both governments is limited.
A representative democracy is when the people are allowed to vote for their leaders to serve for them in the government such as electing the President. A constitutional monarchy is when a monarch is held back by the law and Parliament.
The major way in which border areas of the west were affected by the mixture of people is that a plethora of immigrants from all over the world wanted to expand to the west in order to settle--meaning that people from all backgrounds often fought over land and job opportunities.
1825: Turnpikes, canals, and rail lines drastically changed America's landscape, beginning in the 1800s. Following the War of 1812, the American economy was altered from an economy partly dependent on imports from Europe to an empire of internal commerce.