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    years between 1877 and 1900 were very eventful, and there were seven different Presidents that led the United States throughout these years. Though each President played a role in one way or another, the five most effective U.S Presidents were James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, and topping the list is Rutherford B. Hayes. A truly effective president invokes change with new policies or proposals, and that is exactly what Hayes did as the 19th President of the United

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    a lot of fans think that Tobey Maguire is the best actor to play as Spider Man but some say Andrew Garfield is the better one because he makes the movie more exciting and funny. But the true fact about it is, it doesn’t really matter who is the better one because both movie turn out to be one of the best Marvel movie. Speaking of Marvel movie the new Avengers

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    added the protection of the president on the Secret Services list of tasks. President James A. Garfield was also assassinated 16 years after Lincoln and Congress didn’t act until President McKinley died. Since 1901 every President from Theodore Roosevelt on has been protected by the Secret Service. The Secret Services kept on improving in the following years. Even before the two assassinations of Mckinley and Garfield congress did make changes in 1877. Congress passed an act to prohibit the counterfeiting

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    What do Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy all have in common? Unfortunately, all of these presidents were assassinated. Some of these assassinations hit the country harder more than others. In my opinion the assassination of John F. Kennedy hurt the country harder than any other presidential assassination. This is because of many contributing factors. Those being that John F. Kennedy was highly admired by the country, he dealt with foreign issues, such as the

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    other. Political appointment began early on with the 2nd president feeling obligated to hand his daughter husband a job. Thus beginning the loss of confidence held by the public in the political arena. It was not until after the assassination of James Garfield that changes would take place beginning

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    mandates to either parties or individuals and the outcomes of the presidential races were determined by a relatively small number of votes. Although Grover Cleveland, elected in 1884, was the first Democratic presidential candidate to win office since James Buchanan in 1856, no sitting President had a majority of his own party in both houses of Congress for his entire term. Industrial expansion and population growth

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    Politics in the Gilded Age Discuss Politics in the Gilded Age. Include major political events and issues, and the roles of the “bloody shirt,” corruption, patronage, and reform movements.      The term Gilded Age was named for a Mark Twain book. It meant covered with gold, and was applied to this period as a whole. This was a period of corruption in sordid politics.      The Republicans and Democrats didn’t really have strong opposing beliefs

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    Alexander Graham Bell was Historically significant for many reasons. Many of his ideas, inventions, and thoughts are still shaping the world today, nearly 100 years after his death.(1) He is responsible for inventing items used every day in society and helped to found many companies and foundations that are still serving the world today.(2) The main events that made Alexander Bell historically significant was that he founded and co-found large companies and organizations, invented the electrical

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    finance arose from Andrew Jackson’s spoils system. During Andrew Jackson’s 1828 term, he would give out positions in his office to those who supported him during the election. The practice would inadvertently lead to the assassination of President James Garfield and create the first law that placed a restraint on relationships between donors and candidates known as the Pendleton Act of 1883. The law required that civil service positions be filled based off of merit rather than party affiliation. The

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