Japan experienced many new positive things because it started becoming more modernized after a long period of seclusion. Of course, some conservative people were against this western influence and rebellions ensued, but it was eventually all solved.
One similarity between the US Constitution and the States' Constitutions is that all of the states have a supreme court, congress, and executive office.
Answer:
Popular Sovereignty
Explanation:
The Progressive Era was a period of social activism and political reform in which many civilians participated (direct democracy) in order to reform the vertical (hierarchy) political system. Among the targets were the political machines with their corrupt and malfunctioning representatives.
Popular Sovereignty, that dates back to the Enlightenment, is the purest of (and most horizontal) democratic government, in the sense that the goverment´s purpose should be to protect (the civil rights) and serve the people, and not the other way around. And if they fail to do, or are corrupt or both, so they should be replaced.
The USA is a presidential system, with the apex of power in a President elected indirectly through an Electoral College, whereas the UK is a parliamentary system, with the Prime Minister holding office and power so long as he or she commands a majority of votes in the House of Commons.
