If we think of "democracy" in a broad sense and define it as "the ability of average people to control their own lives and contribute to the governance of their own
communities," how did the rise of big business change American democracy?

Companies who profited during that time heavily influenced Political figures.

Explanation:

examples include Native Americans being forced off land because of oil which the "government wants" but really the oil firm is the one who pays the government

here you go hope it heps "horace mann"

the second significant cause of the great migration was the desire of black southerners to escape segregation, known euphemistically as jim crow. rural african american southerners believed that segregation - and racism and prejudice against blacks - was significantly less intense in the north.