https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy en-us 2017-01-17 18:00:35 UTC 2017-01-18 02:27:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dootheets.png https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147645410 Maddy - Americas pride in being the oldest democracy in the world made their democracy stronger and more widely supported 

]]> 2017-01-17 18:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147645410 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147646047 Brigid and Ashley - Information Revolution - As the cost of newspapers went down, more people began to buy them, making it easier for  democratic 
writers/editors to convey their opinion]]> 2017-01-17 18:53:58 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147646047 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147646463 Gaining property/expanding in order to vote. Men needed to own property in order to vote. ]]> 2017-01-17 18:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147646463 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147646598 personal independence or the eras individualism representented  how america switched from being a citizen from not only owning property but purely by owning ones self. ]]> 2017-01-17 18:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147646598 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147646725 Olivia and Nicole-
The Market revolution and territorial expansion connected with political democracy.]]> 2017-01-17 18:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147646725 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147646790 Elizabeth - 
As the cost of producing newspapers went down, more were able to be written as well as read. The growth of democracy, specifically the freedom of press, allowed more newspapers to be written and produced, each with a different viewpoint on political or social issues. This allowed more diverse ideas of democracy to spread.]]> 2017-01-17 18:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147646790 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147646867 to understand america - you must understand deomcracy]]> 2017-01-17 18:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147646867 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147647170 americas economy grew after the market revolution. america had its own identity

]]> 2017-01-17 18:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147647170 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147647421 Tocqueville's Democracy in America
Power rests in the citizens hands. ]]> 2017-01-17 18:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147647421 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147647831 Democracy spread in the US along with the wanting of equal rights by all people. When people demanded rights they wanted their voices to be heard, therefore Democracy formed. ]]> 2017-01-17 18:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147647831 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147648219 early in the 19th century general consensus was that there should not be property requirements for voting ]]> 2017-01-17 19:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147648219 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147648238 Brigid and Ashley - Voting became a symbol of freedom which only applied to white males, creating white superiority

]]> 2017-01-17 19:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147648238 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147648314 The American democracy was how their culture encouraged individual initiative, belief in equality, and an active public sphere. It had organizations that were put in place to improve society. It was an attribute of American freedom ]]> 2017-01-17 19:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147648314 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147648476 Challenges to property requirements for voting peaked during the 19th century- individualism was embraced rather than amount of property owned]]> 2017-01-17 19:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147648476 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147649273

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]]> 2017-01-17 19:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147649953 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147650303 Ronnie - Andrew Jackson (who  was considered the "champion of the common man" [Foner p.296] due to his humble upbringing) helped develop democracy through recognizing the needs of the people and speaking on behalf of the majority (farmers, laborers)]]> 2017-01-17 19:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147650303 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147651798 The Market Revolution and territorial expansion were factors that contributed to the development of democracy in the 19th century. ]]> 2017-01-17 19:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147651798 https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147652560 Shift in voting rights - 
Men who could vote were mostly white and did not need to own property]]> 2017-01-17 19:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/owensk/democracy/wish/147652560