In this excerpt, the prairie is used as a symbol of <u>Democracy</u>.
Answer: Option B.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Democracy is a form of government which has been said as by the people, for the people, of the people. This form of government has been selected by the people who are eligible to vote and are formed as their elected representatives who will take up their problems and solve their problems by the representatives.
In this form of government, majority of the power is in the hands of the people who will elect the representatives. These representatives will work for the betterment of the people and for the development of the country.
The Progressives were people advocating social reform. They believed in science and technology, and were very political people.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options attached, we can say the following.
The above description contrast with early mining operations in the American West in that the formerly conditions of the old west were completely different than the "beautiful hills, waving fields of grass, prancing mule deer, a glimmering lake . . ." description by T.H. Watkins.
Indeed, it was the opposite. American settlers that decided to bet on the west and the "gold fever," found difficult conditions and economic hardships. That was not an easy time and required extra work to find the gold.
And let's have in mind that many people that went to the west were people that have been suffering from the difficult conditions in the Plains during the so-called "Dust Bowl" period in which drought and the lack of rain killed animals and affect the production of crops.
Neither had more votes than the other, because each state had only one vote.
