There is no timeline so i'm just gonna slide in here for some points thx ^-^
I think that the "blank" is best filled by "equal".
This would mean that all people have the same power of decision in a democracy, and if it seems that some people have more than others: in fact they only represent the whole population.
In comparison, in a monarchy, the monarch has more power than the common people.
It depends what the choices are unless there is not specific choices.
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I think maybe the one 3rd one "Southern states believed the right to own slaves should not be a federal issue" im not 100% positive