How Did The Civil War Affect People

“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'”― Theodore Roosevelt (goodreads). The government had made the lives miserable for the citizens of the united states in fact(simple), many were disappointed by the nation’s leaders. They made it more about problems that weren't worth the nation's troubles(simple). There were people living in broken down homes with no food, clothes, or jobs, and to top it all off(complex), the government weren’t fixing people’s true problems(simple). They focused on what would benefit them, Even though businesses were successful with high profits(complex), the people were unhappy that they were getting cheated out of votes and their profit(simple), so most people were having enough with the government not helping people out of poverty(simple). The reason this had affected people was the majority of people were voting for that person was they would do a service for them then they would vote for the person that helped them money,crops etc... This had affected people from having hard workers in the office instead of someone …show more content…
The political machines had a boss that would command workers of his party to gain supporters then they would have received an award for helping him get an office.People that were apart of this was both the democrats and the republicans both had “political machines” to put together their elections. Both the democrats and the republicans had fought over major economic issues and control of the offices.The voter turnout sometimes eighty to ninety percent in some of the states, The political machines(loyal members) are drilled to get them votes like there in the army, because of the political machines the elections usually come very close to winning between the two parties. After the civil war, the democratic party was mainly voted by the south part of the