business owners that worked together to run a city. • The machine boss did not always serve as mayor but he made the political decisions. (How and where to spend money‚ fix roads‚ change laws etc.) • These machines were party based - it was either a Democratic machine or a Republican machine. • The machine got votes by getting people and immigrants jobs‚ housing and gifts - then the people vote for that party’s candidate. • Once the political machines candidate was in office the machine boss would
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was effective‚ since Harding’s pronouncements remained unclear on the League of Nations‚ in contrast to the impassioned crusade of the Democratic candidates‚ Governor James M. Cox of Ohio and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Thirty-one distinguished Republicans had signed a manifesto assuring voters that a vote for Harding was a vote for the League. But Harding interpreted his election as a mandate to stay out of the League of Nations. Harding‚ born near Marion‚ Ohio‚ in 1865‚ became the publisher
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During the Republican National Convention on August 19‚ 1992‚ Mary Fisher‚ a woman with AIDS‚ delivered the speech “A Whisper of AIDS” to shed light on the spread of HIV and AIDS‚ an issue that was seemingly ignored at the time. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ “the number of perinatally acquired AIDS cases peaked in 1992‚” reaching 901 cases. Before delivering the speech‚ Fisher’s main recognitions were for being a movie producer and an assistant to President Gerald R
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condemned the act and Brown’s resulting martyrdom‚ which contradicted Greeley’s view of the martyrdom. They openly accuse two types of people‚ Republicans and "Men belonging to the Wendell Phillips school." The editor states that the latter group calls him a patriot and Christian giving him the praise of a hero. The Republicans‚ being a northern based political party and mostly anti-slavery‚ are said to apologize for the act but underneath their veil they praise him as much as they can in their papers
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civil war because the fall of the Whig party left no connecting party between the North and the South‚ the controversy over admitting Kansas as a slave state separated them further‚ and the election of Lincoln into office which divided the country most of all. All of these factors had major impact on the choice for the South to secede. The decline of the Whig party severed the last political connection between the North and the South. When the American Whig party was created during Jackson’s presidential
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and so bussineeses turned to trusts which was a way for someone to buy into a business and run it. The presidential election of 1900 created the impression that business was clearly on the side of the Republican Party and that rural and agricultural interests were in the Democrats’ camp. The Republicans came under the sway of the "insurgent‚" or progressive‚ wing‚ led by a new generation of reformers‚ such as Theodore Roosevelt and Robert La Follette. A moderate in 1901-1904‚ Rovelt
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very touchy subject in America today. With the economy the way it is people are paying more attention to the government than before. In his article Defending Our Voting Rights; Jeffrey Toobin argues that Republicans systematically attempt to disenfranchise Democrats. He argues that the Republicans go to great lengths to try to win elections. Jeffrey Toobin adequately supports his stance by stating facts‚ using quotes from credible sources‚ and by showing data that supports his arguments. Toobin
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lands were being shaped with the railroad system‚ there were large amounts of money put out and never recycled back to the economy. The depression was also blamed on the republicans party because of their greedy ways and corruption throughout the government. With the combination of money‚ power‚ and intimidation‚ the republican government almost single- handedly brought down the economy in 1873. In 1869 the railroads were completed‚ and was thought to be a stepping stone in American life. Although
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century. One might be surprised at the way Phillips emphasizes the despiteful practices of the rich considering his republican background. However‚ due to Phillips increased knowledge of the GOP (Grand Old Party; the first Republicans) He has concluded Republicans economic polices and biases of the 1990s and early 2000s betray the legacy of who He considers the two greatest Republican presidents‚ Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. Wealth and Democracy performs a splendid job of convincing one that democracy
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Janos Lobb April 3‚ 2013 APUSH Outline Chapter 28 – Progressivism I. Progressive Roots a. The progressive movements started in the 1870s and the 1890s with two parties. One was the Greenback Labor Party and the other was the Populists b. Early progressive movements were trying to change the corruption of bigwigs and their companies. Many different people explained what had happened in books c. Early reformers tried to make changes by voting. Besides voting‚ high-minded
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