BIOL 1001 Chapter : Chapter 6 Part II
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2/6/2013 5:31:00 pm: book written by mark twain and charles warner, the title of the book became synonymous with corruption during the 19th century. Democrat party: composed of catholics, jews, white southerners, immigrants (diverse, favored less government then the republicans, opposed tariffs and legislation of morality. From the end of reconstruction to the 1890s the voters were almost even between democratic and republican voters. North consistently voted for republicans and the south always voted for the republican party. Congress was pretty stable and the republicans usually controlled the senate and the democrats controlled the house of rep. There was intense public loyalty to the parties. White men went out to vote and were very passionate about their party affiliation, very loyal, and support their parties. Democrat and republican parties were called mass based political parties because they appealed to the majority and attracted millions of people. Large groups of people were disenfranchised (cant vote: -african americans, - women.
