Rise of Democracy

In class we examined documents that helped us answer the essential question; how should we define democracy, and also shows us how democratic the US was in the early 1800s. One of the sources was a painting that depicts men voting and discussing politics. These men are drunk and this shows how they aren't able to make clear decisions while voting. We also looked at two charts, one of those charts shows that over time more people were able to vote and not just white men who owned land. The other chart shows that over time the nation became more democratic since the president was voted for by the people rather than the legislature. With these documents our group made a video explaining them to further our knowledge.