What did pericles do to Athens to make it more democratic?

Answer 1

Pericles expanded the democracy by instituting payment for service in public office and jury duty. This allowed many who could not financially afford to take office in the government to participate. This extended not only in theory, but in reality, the governance of Athens to all its citizens.

Answer 2

If you mean after the Persian wars then his goal was more to increase the power of Athens over the delian league and to create the empire than to have it labelled democratic. He overcame the food crisis by using a citizenship act ruling any current athenian citizen as a slave unless both parents were Athenian also, he also created legions in Italy to get rid of soldiers and increased the amount of forces on the black sea, which also helped secure the corn supplies to Athens. These methods also helped him overcome the unemployment crisis, although the rebuilding of Athens was doing a fine job in itself.

After overcoming these problems, he could resume gaining more and more unfair tribute from the leagues allies using technical specificity. money was the more powerful substance in Athens rather than democracy. This only applies if your talking about the period after the Persian wars.