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Tammany Tiger may refer to: Tammany Hall , a defunct political organization which was frequently depicted by editorial cartoonists as a tiger The Winnipeg Tammany Tigers , a Canadian football team which played in the 13th Grey Cup
When Tammany Hall positioned itself to support the War of 1812 and to support the Embargo Act, many others who supported the war joined Tammany Hall. [27] In fact, during this time, because of its success in establishing political opinion, Tammany Hall was able to grow stronger and even gained support from Federalist members who supported the war.
Short title: Department of Defense - Law of War Manual (June 2015) File change date and time: 07:09, 12 June 2015: Date and time of digitizing: 06:37, 12 June 2015
The law of war is a component of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war (jus ad bellum) and the conduct of hostilities (jus in bello).Laws of war define sovereignty and nationhood, states and territories, occupation, and other critical terms of law.
Tamanend ("the Affable"; [3] c. 1625 – c. 1701), historically also known as Taminent, [4] Tammany, Saint Tammany or King Tammany, [5] was the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle Clan [6] of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signing the founding [7] [8] peace treaty with William Penn.
In politics and government, a spoils system (also known as a patronage system) is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends (), and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party.
Thomas Nast's birth certificate issued under the auspices of the King of Bavaria on September 26, 1840 [1]. Thomas Nast (/ n æ s t /; German:; September 26, 1840 [2] – December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon".
Students associated with these societies were allegedly involved in the Rutgers-Princeton Cannon War in 1876. [69] At the turn of the 20th century, Rutgers had developed two full sets of class year societies based on the Yale model, [70] down to the freshman societies such as the Chain and Bones and Serpent and Coffin. [71]