Question: In 1857, Congress began requiring all states who entered the union to adopt a referendum process, and, beginning in 1898 with South Dakota, many states began adopting initiative processes. What BEST explains the reason for these developments? A to give citizens the ability to influence lawmaking through direct democracy B to provide checks on the power of leaders through representative democracy C to improve the efficiency of state governments through representative democracy D to create the capacity for citizens to remove elected leaders through direct democracy