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    politics‚ and new forms of it influenced urban growth during this time period. Campaigning was no longer enough to keep voters on your side. George Washington Plunkitt recognized this and changed their approach toward politics. “…you have to go among the people‚ see them and be seen…I know what they like and what they don’t like…” says Plunkitt as he describes his new strategies (Document E). He goes on to explain how he helps people follow their passion‚ “I hear of a young feller that’s proud of his

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    For example‚ immigrants were recognized as American citizens due to the efforts of the Democratic Party Tammany Hall‚ which led to the fact that the Conscription Act spread on them‚ as well. Furthermore‚ Tammany Hall watched the lottery‚ which chose conscripts‚ and it helped to keep the city in peace for a while. The Draft Riots were smothered as soon as the American government reacted to them and sent federal

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    THERE are some books that define a decade. In the 1870s‚ one such book was The Gilded Age‚ published by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner. It is not a flattering portrait of American society (gilded means coated with cheap gold paint)‚ but it was a truthful one. During the so-called Gilded Age‚ our country silently fell into ruin. And there was no one to blame but ourselves. “Get rich; dishonestly is we can. honestly if we must.” was a remark made by Mark Twain. To him‚ it seemed as if our country

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    • Rise of Unions o In response to powerful monopolies and muckrakers stirring up dissent‚ there was a rise of labor unions in the early 20th century. With immigrants and poor Americans flocking to the cities (see: Second Industrial Revolution)‚ factories had their choice of workers. They could employ women and children‚ who were cheaper to pay than men were. These poorly-paid workers were forced to labor in terrible conditions in textile factories and mines. Social critics referred to them as "wage

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    By chiefly drawing on legal precedence in four court cases—Brown‚ Governor of California‚ et al. v. Entertainment Merchants Association‚ et al. (Brown v. EMA)‚ Ginsberg v. New York‚ Case v. Unified School District‚ and Campbell v. St-Tammany Parish School Board—‚ this paper endorses the claim that all books which present controversial subject matter should have an informative label on them. Controversial subject matter is stipulated as any content that may cause emotional or mental harm on well-being

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    Ancient Order of Hibernians Irish semi-secret society that served as a benevolent organization for downtrodden Irish immigrants in the United States. Awful Disclosures (1836) Maria Monk’s sensational expose of alleged horrors in Catholic convents. Its popularity reflected nativist fears of Catholic influence. clipper ships Small‚ swift vessels that gave American shippers an advantage in the carrying trade. Clipper ships were made largely obsolete by the advent of sturdier‚ roomier iron steamers

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    In the late 19th century‚ the political machine known as Tammany Hall arose to mass fame and power. The leaders of Tammany Hall‚ most notably known to be run by “Boss” Tweed‚ realized that in order for the Irish to gain popularity and to be treated as first class citizens‚ they needed to be present in the politics‚ and with the large population

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    American politics that immigration brought about were very little; power was kept by the WASPs (White Anglo Saxon Protestants). Irish Americans began sticking together for collective political clout which brought about the significance of Tammany Hall. Tammany Hall was notorious for the corruption in city and state politics that it fostered; it was built by local politics to support the Democratic Party and it provided immigrants with a social “safety net”. It also controlled businesses‚ influenced

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    multi-layered metro-archeology than a city. Five Points peals back a hundred years of rewritten history to reveal the seedy brawling side of life in the 19th century. 

Tammany Hall - the popular name for the democratic ’machine’ that ran New York City - is perhaps the most immediate touchstone for the casual reader. In the late 19th century Tammany came under the thrall of one Boss Tweed who used political and just plain brute force to keep the machine in power. For most‚ the scandal is merely a dim memory

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    They gave it contracts to build the railroad. Shares were sold or given to influential congressmen in this construction. The Tweed Ring Scandal The Tweed Ring was more than just a Democratic Party scandal. William “Boss” Tweed was the leader of Tammany Hall‚ which was

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