How do you think new election campaign methods affected american democracy?

This is a very broad open question that is opinion based.

I would personally answer it like this "The new election methods helped the American Democracy by allowing more of a choice when in the past there wasn't options." (quick note America is a constitutional republic not a democracy)

in 1897, pershing became a tactical officer at west point, and that's where he was given the nickname "black jack." pershing's first name is "john," for which "jack" is a nickname, and he was a white man who commanded black troops. hence "black jack".

the answer is a. laws were enacted in the aftermath of the plot to make it harder to free slaves,increasing sectionalism