“Considering the period from 1880 1945, identify three moments in U.S. history when democracy was severely curtailed or contracted.

Please answer the question below. Your response should be a carefully argued, well-written essay, roughly between 6 -7 pages (approx. 1500 words) in length. It must be double-spaced. Direct citations are not needed. Because these papers are short, you are not expected to be comprehensive. You just need a few choice examples to back up your argument. But it is more important to answer the question and make an argument than simply demonstrate that youve read a lot or paid attention to the lectures.

“Considering the period from 1880 1945, identify three moments in U.S. history when democracy was severely curtailed or contracted. How and why did this occur? What groups were affected and how did they respond? (Please give examples of what rights and privileges were curtailed or eliminated, remember that the U.S. includes its overseas territories.)

Some topics to talk about:
-Capitalism winning the Civil War
-The Populist Movement and Other Insurgencies
-American Empire
-Managing Class Warfare: The Progressive Era
-Democracy or Empire? U.S and WW1
-The War Against Fascism

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