Autocracy: is a state of government by one person with absolute power.
Democracy: A system of government by the population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
America today uses some of the same technology/techniques that were founded in the gilded age. Another similarity is also that social statuses still have a big role in people’s lives.
The first is the power<span> to tax and to spend the money raised by taxes, to provide for the nation's defense and general welfare. This section was supplemented by the 16th amendment, which permitted </span>Congress<span> to levy an income tax.</span>
