History

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1.The two political parties exist to give jobs and power to people who contribute to them.
2."Let us have peace," was intended for those who wanted to penalize the Southern states. He wanted all Americans to put the conflict behind them. Stephen Grover Cleveland fell into politics without really trying. Cleveland exposed city corruption and earned such a reputation for honesty and hard work. Democrats were bad.
3. Income Lax, Women suffrage
4. Reform groups were more and less successful due to economic values. Although some of these reforms led to radical behavior, either for the reform or against it, most were civil. The areas of most concern for the reforms were industrial conditions, urban life, and politics. The first was unfair wages. Workers could work eight-hour days and still receive barely a dollar a day. Along with unfair wages were the dangerous conditions. There were thousands of injuries and deaths each year because of the unsafe use of the machinery. Another problem was child labor. As soon as a child was able to work a certain part of a machine they were sent to work in factory where they could be easily harmed.   In response to all of these horrible things labor unions were formed to try and create safer work places.
5.PoliticalParty formed primarily to express the   protest of the late 19th century in some states the party was known as the peoples party.
6.The   greenbacks led to the formations of the populists party.   Many believes that the management of currency was at   fault and that the governments currency policy was determined by Eastern bankers and industrialists.
7.They stayed out of foreign affairs.
8.Golbal issues cause by Navy Ships changed Americans attitudes about the U.S roles in world affairs.
9.The Spanish-American War began in 1898 over the alleged attack on the battleship U.S.S. Maine docked in Cuba. Newspapers alleged that Spain had sabotaged or otherwise attacked the Maine, leading the countries to...