The Mayflower Compact was purposely created to serves as a guiding law and principles to the colonists in 1620. It was built on the principle of majority rule and self-governance of the colony by the settlers.
Hence, Mayflower Compact is the colonial document that eventually served as a model for the establishment of self-government under the articles of confederation. This is because it brought the idea of self-governance in articles of Confederation was based upon.
Answer: The split in the Democratic party is sometimes held responsible for Lincoln's victory despite the fact that Lincoln won the election with less than 40% of the popular vote, as much of the anti-Republican vote was "wasted" in Southern states in which no ballots for Lincoln were circulated.
The progressive policy influenced the Seventeenth Amendment allowed direct election of senators by a popular vote and the best answer to the following choices is A. election reform. I hope you are satisfied with my answer and feel free to ask for more.