HIST 2057 Chapter : Politics And Populism
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Steer contract of business owned by people whoa re associated with boss tweed and tammany. 11 million to build a courthouse, but only costs them 3 million to build, 8 million going to. Boss tweed: estimate 50-100 million dollars taken from city to. People wouldn"t want to have a lot of property because the taxes so high. Everyone does what they are best suited to do (jobs) and everyone gets the same pay. Trying to get them to be fair and equitable to customers: mckinley tariff (1890, designed to help protect american businesses, higher tariffs on foreign goods, american goods can be sold at lower prices, but: hurt consumers/workers. Competition means lower prices, better products: **all trying to make government more equitable and fair. Agrarian revolt: farmer"s problems, farmers before 20th century were most important group in. Farmers spending a lot more on transportation than they should.
