During the **colonial era**
Answer:
No they did not
Explanation:
Democracy is when the whole country, peacefully, comes to agreements about issues through elected officals. During the civil war, the states were split up fighting against each other over the issue of slavery. This does not at all represent democracy. Slaves were still being kept during the time of WWII which is a huge injustice and inequality.
Midway was a battle in which intelligence allowed the United States to spring a trap against what the Japanese had planned as their own ambush, resulting in an immediate shift in the balance of sea power in the Pacific.