This interpretation of the Reconstruction elections was a footnote in the Marxist analysis that centered upon events in the South. The job of attempting to reunify the nation while protecting black Southern rights also stands at the center of Grant biographers' analyses of the 1872 election, along...
During the past couple of months we have had a lot of encouragement from a lot of people, some who are Christians and other people who are not. In fact many of those who are not Christians would be considered bound for hell by many people who claim the name of Jesus. They are mostly...
During the Civil War, the American political system continued to operate as before, as evidenced by the election of 1864. This election was notable for numerous reasons and resulted in a verdict on the Civil War itself. Less than six months after the election, however, the president was ...
Why was the presidential election of 1872 controversial? Why was the presidential election of 1872 significant? Why was the South upset after the presidential election of 1860? Why was the presidential election of 1876 so important? Why was the presidential election of 1916 so close? Why was ...
The Republican Party platform in the presidential election of 1896 called for the annexation of Hawaii. Petitions for a popular vote in Hawaii were ignored. Fearing that he lacked two-thirds support for annexation in the Senate, the new Republican president, William McKinley, called for a joint...
From Government to Opposition: The Rural Settlement Movements of the Israel Labor Party in the Wake of the Election of 1977 The "Upheaval" (mahapach) of May 1977 brought to an end forty-four years of Labor hegemony in the international institutions of the Zionist movement and tw... Sherman...
The election of 1912 marked the take-off point for two progressive movements -- that for woman suffrage and that of women into politics. Both movements had roots deep in the nineteenth century, both got a boost from the Populist Movement in the 1890s and both saw a decline in public ...
After Being Convicted Of Voting In The 1872 Presidential Election Famous Speech by Susan B. Anthony Stump Speech in all 29 postal districts of Monroe County, New York, in 1873 Friends and fellow citizens: I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the...
17. so as to achieve office, power, or authority: the Conservatives got in at the last election. 18. so as to enclose: block in; cover in a hole. 19. (in certain games) so as to take one's turn or one's team's turn at a certain aspect of the play; taking one's innings...
mollify- cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" appease,assuage,conciliate,gentle,gruntle,lenify,pacify,placate calm,still,tranquilize,tranquillise,tranquillize,calm down,quiet,quieten,lull- make calm or still; "quiet the dragons...