To what extent did America uphold its democratic ideals from 1880-1920?

Answer 1

There are some ideas at these sites that may be helpful with that question.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=American+democratic+ideals+from+1880-1920&btnG=Google+Search

Answer 2

thank you so much, i just needed some background info i didn't know where to begin

Answer 3

i looked through some of these already and i am having trouble finding what exactly were the democratic ideals.

Answer 4

It might help you to make a list of democratic ideals. As this article points out, this term can be defined many ways. I'm sure you'll find some concrete ideas here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Ideals

Answer 5

What are the basic American ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence? All men are created equal, guaranteed life , liberty, etc.

Look that the First 10 amendments of the Constitution. Those are the rights guaranteed all people...