Question

How did Pericles impact the political system in Athens?

1. He made it more democratic
2.He made it less democratic
3. He left it unchanged
4. He destroyed it

Answer 1

He started an ambitious project that generated most of the surviving structures on the Acropolis, including the Parthenon. This project beautified and protected the city, exhibited its glory and gave work to its people. Pericles also fostered Athenian democracy to such an extent that critics called him a populist. so 1. he made it more democratic