Populist Party

Schlafly for the next ten years would echo much of what Eleanor Roosevelt and liberal detractors of the ERA stated and expand on their arguments infusing her brand of Christian Republicanism into her arguments. Quoting from Schlafly whose article was included in Donald Critchlow’s Debating the American Conservative Movement: “Our Judeo-Christian civilization has developed the law and custom that, since women must bear the physical consequences of the sex act, men must be required to bear the…

Born in Illinois, Bryan inherited a fervent commitment to the Democratic party and an acute Protestant faith from his parents. In 1887, when Bryan graduated from Illinois College and Union Law School, he married and, seeing no political future in Illinois, moved to Nebraska. Bryan won the election to congress in 1890, when the Populist party disrupted Nebraska politics; he was re-elected in 1892. Bryan’s great oratory skills won him great respect in Congress and he became a leader among…

began shutting down monopolized companies. These accomplishments positively affected Americans they were advocating for and also paved the way for the future of America. President Roosevelt campaigned for Progressivism with the influence from the Populist Party when he was in office, and the Progressive Era lasted over the span of 3 presidents; himself, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. While all three of them accomplished many important issues, Roosevelt’s leadership and influence is why I…

The spirit of Jackson’s political philosophy was indeed democratic. He was in favor of the participation of the common man in the government. He was a populist leader, a war hero, and he believed in the power of the “common man”. Instead of all this republican thinking, Jackson’s political philosophy had some serious limitations. That is his political philosophy can best be described as Jackson’s democracy, or to be more precise a limited democracy. Jackson political philosophy was built on the…

As America began to recover from the Civil War, the country was jolted into a second industrial revolution. The Homestead Act encouraged thousands to move to the West and Great Plains and take up farming. Railroads connected the country, making America linked like never before. America was quickly becoming the world’s biggest industrial juggernaut as all corners of the nation became occupied with people looking for their own slice of the American Dream. Most of them however, never saw those…

with Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama said the President – elect Donald Trump was anti-hope. Unlike her husband, the first lady argued that Donald Trump didn't give Americans hope. She could not have been more wrong. Donald Trump does inspire hope. His populist movement was fueled by hope. His successful election was fueled by hope. This hope fueled the founding of America. It is the hope that in America so-called white people will find a paradise for individual achievement, freedom and ownership.…

The practice of spin doctor has been introduced to the mass media since the twentieth century (Louw, 2010) due to the massive success within the era of US Presidential Bill Clinton and his former spokesman Mike McCarry. The term of spin doctor has been popularized for the political campaigns of Barack Obama, John F.Kennedy and Tony Blair who later earned the highest executive authority of states. Spin doctor is defined as attempts to influence how media works by using politicians as the core…

One of the great questions of history is: How was the Nazi party allowed to come to power? It is important to note that the National Socialists did not win power through a coup or by forcibly taking over but in fact were democratically elected into power by the German people. This means that normal people allowed one of the most evil regimes in history to take total control over their entire lives. It makes one have to ask: How did the Nazis convince the German people to accept them and their…

At the opening of the 1896 Republican presidential convention, held in St. Louis, McKinley's commitment to protectionism as a solution to unemployment and the campaigning run by Hanna, McKinley won the nomination on the first ballot. The Republican Party Platform adopted at the convention endorsed protective tariffs and the gold standard. At the Democratic convention in Chicago, former congressmen William Jennings Bryan roused Democrats with his speech on the gold standard and his defense of…

The Progressives were a political party whose main goal was to eliminate problems caused by the past government. George Mowry, Gabriel Kolko, and Flanagan, Maureen A. all had different opinions on the Progressive Era in which they express through their books. Maureen Flanagan did a really good job and I believe he did the best on explaining the Progressive Era. During the progressive era, there were many problems that needed to be fixed. Some of the main focuses were to eliminate problems caused…