Democratic Ideals In The 1800s

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In period 4, the national culture of the United States changed, and started to develop a modern democracy through new democratic ideals and changing their society to fit those ideals. There were many democratic ideals such as voting, the pursuit of happiness and justice and the colonies helped shape their society in many ways. One of the first democratic Ideal was voting. In the early 1800s, many politicians and government leader supported slavery, and they made voting rights to only men why were legally free. Socioeconomics, or the study of people in a certain region, place, or environment analyzing how they progress and change in their economy, and land ownership were large factors in deciding who could vote, so the poor working class