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Tammany Hall Political Machines
1,853 wordsDuring the 19 th century there was a rapid growth of American cities due to immigration and migration from rural areas. This rise in the population created enormous problems for city governments, which were often unable to provide for the people and lacked any type of structure. In these conditions we begin to see the emergence of political machines, such as Tammany Hall in New York City. These groups were able to build a loyal voter following, especially among immigrant groups, by performing su...
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19 Th Century 20 Th Century
2,017 words... ed a more aggressive stance in foreign affairs. Territorial expansion and war with Mexico followed under President James K. Polk in the 1840 s. III THE PERIOD OF NORTH-SOUTH CONFLICT A voter backlash severely changed the partys fortunes in the mid- 1850 s. The Democratic commitment to limited national power extended to the question of whether or not slavery should expand into new territories. Party leaders such as Lewis Cass and Stephen A. Douglas favored local control, or popular sovereignt...
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Labor Unions Harmful To The Economy
1,613 wordsThe Labor Unions of 2003 look nothing like the original Labor Unions of 1886 created by Samuel Gompers. Once used to protect people's rights now is too powerful and is trampling those same rights that were once protected. Labor Unions, which did shorten the workweek and workday and improve working conditions through collective bargaining, shifted their strategy to politics. Thomas Jefferson once said that "to compel a man, to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which h...
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Steam Boat Political Machines
1,987 wordsImmigration to the U. S July 5, 1885 Hi my name is Said Barnum. I live in Italy in the city of Bormio in the European country. My life in the Bormio is a life of poverty, despair, pain, and hunger. The city of Bormio is a big city and it is scarce of jobs, but I am fortunate to have one, but not a well paying one. I work at a cotton mill and I get paid 50 cents an hour, so life is really tough. But the toughest thing of all about my life is that I have a family, a wife Domino and a son Eric who ...
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30 A M Political Machines
2,003 words... bring in immigrants to urbanize the cities and towns. So I told my wife that we should go to a settlement house to see what we should do in this alien city. So we asked an Italian were to find a settlement house and he guided us to this pretty nice looking white building labeled settlement of peace. So we walked in and we met this girl in a chair at a desk and she told us to sit down. Since we didnt know much English she had to get her assistant to translate what we were saying and vise vers...
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