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A political machine is a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives—money, political jobs—and that is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity. Political machines started as grass roots organizations to gain the patronage needed to win the modern election. Having strong ...
1994 — The United States hosts the FIFA World Cup, which is won by Brazil. 1995 — Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 and wounds 800. The bombing is the worst domestic terrorist incident in U.S. history, and the investigation results in the arrests of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.
German reunification in 1990, with the democratic West absorbing the ex-Communist East. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, replaced by a friendly Russia and 14 other countries. Except for Tiananmen Square in China, all the events strongly favored the United States. Bush took the initiative in the invasion of Panama and the START treaties.
The direct primary made it possible to mobilize voters against the previously dominant political machines. The first factors involved the La Follette family going back and forth between trying to control of the Republican Party and if frustrated trying third-party activity especially in 1924 and the 1930s.
In the 1950s and 1960s, both major American political parties included liberal and conservative factions. The Democratic Party had on one hand Northern and Western liberals and on the other generally conservative Southern whites. Difficult to classify were the Northern urban Democratic political machines. The urban machines had supported New ...
According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, more than half the voting-age population used the internet to connect to the political process during an election cycle. Changing the Role of ...
In United States v. Eichman, the Supreme Court overturns a 1989 federal law that made it illegal to burn the United States flag. June 14 – 1990 NBA Finals: The Detroit Pistons defeat the Portland Trail Blazers. June 17–30 – Nelson Mandela tours North America, visiting three Canadian cities and eight U.S. cities.
Pages in category "Political machines in the United States" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .