HIST 2057 Lecture : Politics And Populism Notes
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The politics of dead center everyone was a moderate with no extremes. Republicans northeastern business men, midwestern farmers, black men, union veterans (none really get along but in order to keep all these people as republican, they didn"t enforce specifically to one group of people) Democrats- white southerners, and northern workers (moderate like the republicans) The two parties were basically the same thing. Throughout this time, the prohibition party, labor party and green back party and people"s party (largest third party), were also in the mix. The president doesn"t have really any power, its mainly congress (congress thinks president should only enforce the laws that congress make) The political machines: group of people, who through wealth and power, got people elected and because they would get them elected, those elected owed the people who helped them win. Tammany hall, boss tweed responsible for getting the mayor of new.
