Athens permitted citizens to take part directly in the day-to-day affairs of government and became the world's first a) oligarchy b)monarchy c)direct democracy d) city-state

c) direct democracy

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Direct democracy, also called pure democracy, is a form of democracy, in which power is exercised directly by the people in an assembly. Depending on the powers of this assembly, citizens could approve or repeal laws, as well as elect public officials. Direct democracy was exercised in Ancient Greece, and today testimonially in the annual assembly of the citizens of some Swiss high mountain cantons.

The war redefined many aspects of American life. It led to the abolition of slavery, but not to true freedom for all former slaves and their descendants. It increased the power of the central government as compared to the states, as each and every war has done, step by step.

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