Earlier voters had used an open ballot in which everyone could see their vote. why was use of the secret ballot more democratic?

if you are using a ballot in which everyone can see, and you vote for this man and some body looks over and saw who you voted for and he does not like that, he could get up and start yelling at you, and maybe start even hurting you because he did not like the man you voted for.

if you are using a secret ballot no one can see who you are voting for one no one would know.

i hope that and if you need i can explain better : )

here are some major conflicts i found. maybe pick one and do more research on it. (cause i ain't writing 6 paragraphs)

in 1877, the nez perce war took place.

1881 - president james garfield was assassinated.

1882 - the chinese exclusion act was passed.

1883 - a decision in the civil rights cases legalized racial segregation in the united states.

1887 - the dawes act was passed.

1893 - the panic of 1893 took place. (what a creative name)

and there are probably other topics you can find if you just search up "united states timeline," or "conflicts in the 19th century for america."

then once you find a topic you like find out how it affected the people of america and what not. (sorry if this feels a bit short changed, history was and never will be one of my strong topics)