The Influence of Political Cartoons on America For all of our History‚ scholars have questioned which group of people drove the changes during the Progressive era (1865-1900). While it is possible to argue that wealthy‚ elite Americans drove the changes during this era because of their prominent influence on the American political structure‚ this argument would be fallacious at its core. This argument does not take into consideration the mass of middle class Americans that strove for economic
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novel entitled The Gilded Age and showed the growing gap between rich and poor. • President Rutherford B. Hayes (1876-1880) noted that 90% of the nations money was controlled by just 10% of the population. Political Machines Graft – political corruption. o Politicians worked for votes by giving money to business and vice versa - Businesses got government contracts for work by giving money to politicians. o Kickback - When a contractor would raise the cost of doing work for the
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own benefit in post-Civil War New York NO: Professor of history Leo Hershkowitz portrays Tweed as a devoted public servant who championed New York City’s interests during his 20-year career and whose reputation as the symbol for urban political corruption is grossly undeserved. On the eve of the Civil War‚ the United States remained primarily a rural‚ agrarian nation. Of the country’s 31 million inhabitants‚ 80 percent were characterized as “rural” dwellers by the U.S. Bureau of the Census; only
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Chapter 7: Immigrants and Urbanization Section 1: The New Immigrants I. Through the Golden Door A. Immigrants wanted to escape famine‚ land shortages (pop of Europe doubled in 100 years)‚ religious‚ and/or political persecution (Russia drives out Jews)‚ and some intended to earn money and return home (birds of passage) 1. Old immigrants: 1800 – 1880 10 million immigrants came from northern and western Europe (GB‚ Ireland‚ Germany‚ Scandinavian countries)
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organization that controlled enough votes to maintain control over the community. Political machines were able to restructure the city governments; they also resulted in poorer services‚ corruption and aggravation of the immigrants and minorities. ("Encyclopedia of American History") He was able to infiltrate Tammany Hall and bribe or smooth-talk any government official that stood in his way. Famously‚ Tweed is known for the construction of the New York Courthouse. It wasn ’t until the New York Times
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Yung Joc Instructor Laura Daubenmire English III September 14‚ 2012 An Essay on Summer School I can blame no one but myself for my need to attend summer school for this year. However: I would like to blame it on my Spanish teacher‚ my mother‚ my siblings‚ my dog ate the homework‚ anyone but Christopher L. Martin. Summer school was not in my game plan the first day of school last year. I entered my school‚ Lake Catholic HS‚ with the calm surety and purpose of a bona-fide tenth grader‚ I’ve
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Published in 2004 by Gover Atlantic Inc‚ David Von Brehle wrote Triangle: The Fire That Changed America that recounted that fateful day at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on March 26‚ 1911. Von Brehle portrayed not only the horrors of the trapped workers in the factory but also included the poor state of worker’s safety and low wages. Von Brehle’s purpose of writing about the Triangle disaster is to inform readers that factory conditions in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century
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William Marcy Tweed‚ aka "Boss Tweed‚" began as a New York City volunteer fireman but worked his way up the political ladder. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1853. In 1858‚ he rose to the head of Tammany Hall‚ the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York‚ and was later elected to the New York State Senate in 1867. Tweed gathered around him a small ring of bigwigs who controlled New York City’s finances. Tweed’s Ring essentially controlled New York City until
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1 Eric Willis Professor Dice History 1302 October 14‚ 2014 Summary of “Plunkitt of Tammany Hall” George Washington Plunkitt was a New York City politician for close to 40 years. He worked his way up from being a helping hand around the district headquarters as a boy‚ all the way up to being a district leader and a State Senator. In this book he gives his very frank and straight forward views on politics and how a person becomes successful at being a politician. The following is a summary of his views
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George Washington Plunkitt‚ was one of the powers of Tammany Hall in the late 19th century. Plunkitt was born in a shantytown called Nanny Goat Hill and died wealthy and renowned. Tammany Hall‚ the name of a civic society‚ controlled the Democratic Party in New York city. They knew how to get power and hold on to it by getting people to vote for their candidates. Political power leads to personal wealth. Tammany governed NY from 1854 to 1934. The New Deal reforms of welfare and public housing socialized
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