What political and democratic trends changed Americans’ overall perceptions respecting rights of citizenship ?

2) The Revolutionary generation wanted to establish a nation built around the talents of disinterested and virtuous leaders. By the early nineteenth century, ordinary persons identified their roles as active citizens essential to the American political experience. What political and democratic trends transformed Americans’ overall perceptions respecting rights of citizenship? To what extent did the rise of democracy reshape the nation’s political culture and did all Americans’ rhetoric and actions reveal any serious morale contradictions?