southeast Louisiana and storm surge that topped levees in the New Orleans area. This area included 13 parishes in southeast Louisiana-Ascension‚ Assumption‚ Jefferson‚ Lafourche‚ Orleans‚ Plaquemines‚ St. Bernard‚ St. Charles‚ St. James‚ St. John‚ St. Tammany Tangipahoa‚ and Terrebonne. The storm caused more than one million residents to evacuate and destroyed 500‚000-600‚000 buildings. A rough average of 100‚000 people did not evacuate before the storm hit due to poverty‚ illness‚ or lack of transportation
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During the progressive era (1880-1920) reformers tried to address the problems created by the rapid industrialization of United States in the second half of the 19th century. Many of the problems stemmed from the tremendous disparity in income between the newly enriched industries‚ who ran industry‚ and the workers- poor whites‚ immigrants and blacks-who built the railroads and worked in the factories. Some reformers achieved significant change. Theodore Roosevelt was one of the presidents of the
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when local businessmen asked him to run for mayor. Cleveland won as a Democrat and exposed corruption in the city‚ earning the respect of voters. In 1882 he ran and won the gubernatorial race in New York State. Grover opposed the political machine‚ “Tammany Hall‚” in New York City‚ although they supported him during his election. The Democrats took notice and nominated him for the presidency in 1884 (Beschloss and Sidey 3‚ 4). Cleveland‚ at forty-four‚ ran as a reformer for the presidency in 1884‚ strongly
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INTRODUCTION: The Gilded Age is known as the time between the Civil War and World War I. The term “Gilded Age” comes from Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner’s novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. Twain said it was a period that was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. At the same time‚ there was an increase in industry and labor unions‚ as well as an inflow of immigrants. All these factors during this time influenced the social‚ economic‚ and political atmosphere of the Gilded Age
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For example‚ in response to the increased activism the political leaders of Tammany Hall of New York‚ Smith and Wagner‚ were forced to alter their position on reform. Eventually‚ leaders of both parties started embracing factory and industrial reform‚ and were now supporting Newman‚ Lemlich‚ and Schneiderman‚ whom they were once
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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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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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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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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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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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