PLS HURRY what is direct democracy?

A direct democracy is a system of government that is that is purely a democracy, where the people decide on policy initiatives directly, opposed to a representative democracy which we have here in the United States where we elect officials to make political decisions

the following best describes postwar era writers in their works:

progressive

many writers,authors,novelists,poets concentrated more on social art and social writing and stayed away from political writings.

James wattrichard arkwright eli whitney thomas edisonnicolaus otto