They had to go more and more west, it lost it's sovereignty, and it's whole society underminded.
I'm not positive but I think it was because of nuclear power where each country kept on acquiring more nuclear powers. Each country was trying to out power the other and this caused tensions to be higher since there was a risk of war.
So first off tell your teacher that the United States does not have a Democracy, it is the Federal Republic and never was a True Democracy, and that the main difference between a Democracy and the Federal Republic is that Democracy is led solely by the people unanimously voting for laws directly but the Federal Republic ( in layman's terms ) people unanimously vote for the group who gets to vote for the big decisions. Ie Electoral college. However please note that I am no expert and this is highly oversimplified.
However, If they don't accept that as a proper answer then say that it limits some of the things that may need to happen if a large enough group decides that it is unnecessary provided they are in the correct position to push against these things. Ie a war that we are currently not involved in but could become a major problem for us, say a choice is being made whether or not to engage in war a majority group in a big office somewhere in D.C. would be able to come to a decision for or against that action even if it's a choice that ends up being wrong.
The soldiers that worked for the unions gave their lives
Answer is: <span>strengthened segregation policies (Jim Crow).
</span>Plessy v. Ferguson was Supreme Court decision of 1896, which allowed state-sponsored segregation. <span>This decision legitimized the state laws racial segregation. </span>Jim Crow laws<span> were state and local laws that allows </span>racial segregation<span> in the </span>Southern United States.
