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Democrats mainly lived throughout the country. The party had been formed in 1812 and were paramount nationally and in the States prior to the Civil War. They favored States Rights generally and limited federal government.
Republicans formed in 1856 and gradually replaced the Whig party. Their numbers increased with the influx of immigrants into the Northeast because people left the Democratic party fearful the immigration would bring too many Catholics to the country.
The 1870's were a dynamic time for the United States of America. The West was still fighting Indian wars and Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell were inventing.
Women's rights were the topics of change in many arenas. Women lawyers were first given the right to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court in this period and Susan B. Anthony illegally voted in a Presidential election. Both the Democrats and the Republicans were under pressure from women and neither was rushing to embrace the cause.
Economically, Republicans favored high tariffs to keep out foreign goods and rely on American industry and Democrats favored only enough tariffs to pay for their view of limited government.
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redemption?
southern democrats' term for their return to power in the south in the 1870s
Why did republicans begin to lose support in the 1870's?
The Republican Party split into different factions during the 1870s during American Reconstruction. Additionally, during Ulysses S. Grantâ??s presidency, his as well as Republican reputations took a hit due to continued scandals caused by corrupt appointees and Associates.
How many African American US senators in history?
Six, all told. Hiram Rhodes Revels and Blanche Bruce, both Republicans of the State of Mississipe during the 1870s Reconstruction era. And then Edward William Brooke, III, Republican of the State of Massachusetts, Carol Moseley Braun, Roland Burris and, now President, Barack Obama, all Democrats from the State of Illinois, in the modern era.
What was the capital of Greece in the 1870s?
The Kingdom of Greece, which operated from 1832-1924, had its capital in Athens during the 1870s.
Why did the goals of the Republican Party change during the 1870s?
No.
What was the major mineral being mined in the west during the 1870s?
gold
Who controlled American foreign policy during the 1870s?
The Secretary of State?
What was a different between immigrants who arrived in the US during the 1840s and 1850s and the new immigrants who began arriving in the 1870s?
the new immigrants were more likely to settle in cities
Who was the cabinet official during the 1870s who devised the civil service system?
Booker T. Washington
What happened to both the Lakota and the nez perce during the 1870s?
Both were forced to leave their homelands.
During the 1870s 1880s 1890s which new political movement surfaced?
Populism - Isaac =]
In what European city did people develop a taste for horse meat during the Prussian siege of the 1870s?
Paris
