boss would appoint friends and relatives to city jobs. • The machine controlled votes‚ police‚ courts‚ and local government‚ and used them to gain favor‚ money and votes. Boss Tweed • A New York City political machine boss that ran the Tammany Hall Machine‚ a democrat political machine. • He once hired a contractor to build a $3‚000‚000 courthouse - when finished it cost taxpayers $ 11‚000‚000. Overall‚ he stole an estimated $200 million of taxpayer money. In one interview he
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US History II Midterm Key Terms Chapter 13: Reconstruction and the New South |amnesty |Enforcement Acts | |John Wilkes Booth |Panic of 1873 | |Andrew Johnson |Civil Rights Act of 1875
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Charlotte Felchak COM-126 August 16‚ 2012 Professor Tammany Agenda-Setting and the Presidential Election The presidential election of 2008 was a historic one for many reasons. This was a year of political turmoil and a true reflection of a country in economic crisis. The media played a significant role by influencing the American voters which decided the outcome of the election. For the Democratic Party‚ Barack Obama and Joe Biden won the primary election. John McCain and Sarah Palin
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After the soaring ideals and tremendous sacrifices of the Civil War‚ the post-War era of the United States was generally one of political disillusionment. Even as the continent expanded and industrialized‚ political life in the Gilded Age was marked by ineptitude and stalemate as passive‚ rather than active‚ presidents merely served as figureheads to be manipulated rather than enduring strongholds. As politicians from both the White House to the courthouse were deeply entangled in corruption and
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Henry Clay and the American System · Lawyer and Politician who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives. · Clay was a dominant figure in both the First and Second Party systems‚ aside from being a war hawk. · The American System was was an economic plan that played a prominent role in American policy during the first half of the 19th century. · Clay fought for an increase in tariffs to foster industry in the United States‚ attempted to build and maintain
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Are you ready to rock your AP English Language and Composition Exam? Take our free practice quiz - 20 questions from our AP English Language and Composition Exam Prep and Review. Practice Quiz Top of Form Questions 1-10 This passage is adapted from Daniel Webster’s "The Seventh of March Speech‚" given on March 7‚ 1850. Mr. President‚ I should much prefer to have heard from every member on this floor declarations of opinion that this Union could never be dissolved‚ than the declaration of
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Chapter 15 and 16 Chapter 15 Wade Davis Bill- Congress passed the Wade-Davis bill in 1864 as a substitute for Lincoln’s ten percent plan. It required a majority of voters in a southern state to take a loyalty oath in order to begin the process of Reconstruction and guarantee black equality Freedman’s Bureau- created by Congress in 1865‚ early welfare agency providing food‚ shelter‚ and medical aid for those made destitute by the war‚ Both blacks‚ chiefly freed slaves‚ and homeless whites
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CHAPTER 3: SETTLING THE NORHTERN COLONIES‚ 1619-1700 I. The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism In 1517‚ Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral. Luther had several explosive ideas including… The Bible alone was the source of God’s word (not the Bible and the Church or pope). People are saved simply by faith in Christ alone (not by faith and good works). His actions ignited the Protestant Reformation. John Calvin preached Calvinism which stressed
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12/ 29/ 12 The C nt er vi G host - W i i edi ‚ t he f r ee encycl pedi a e l kp a oa The Canterville Ghost From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia - - 117.192.79.50 (talk) 01:19‚ 29 December 2012 (UTC) "The Cante rville Ghos t" is a popular short story by Oscar Wilde‚ widely adapted for the screen and stage. It was the first of Wilde ’s stories to be published‚ appearing in the magazine The Court and Societ y Rev iew in February 1887. It was later included in a collection of short
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APUSH UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDE Articles of Confederation: agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. The new Constitution provided for a much stronger national government with a chief executive (the president)‚ courts‚ and taxing powers Shay’s Rebellion: armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays
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