They urged adoption of the secret ballot, direct primaries, the initiative, the referendum, and the direct election of senators. ... Beyond this, scholars, digesting the mountain of social and economic analysis generated by the Populists, focused on certain colorful characters, such as Mary Elizabeth Lease of Kansas and Thomas Watson of Georgia, and quoted selected purple passages to emphasize the "primitive" or "demagogic" elements that seemed to animate the movement. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The following quote by the former United States Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, seems to summarize the government's perception of this sensitive subject: An Affirmative Action Plan is a "careful, systematic analysis of who you've got, who's out there, and how you are going to broaden opportunity. ... In 1983, President Ronald Reagan issued Executive Order 12432, which directed each federal agency with substantial procurement or grant making authority to develop a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) development plan. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The opponent of the Act, who argues in favor of constitutionalism and liberty, might often quote Benjamin Franklin, who purportedly said "those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither.... Realistically, this is in direct contrast to the findings of Power (2002), whose work on the establishment of international institutions is far dated from the modern world. ...

• Word Count: 1320
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Going along with this quote paraphrasing what Foner said is that even though winning the war this does not necessarily give the victors the right to enforce any circumstances upon the ones whom are defeated, they did (Foner, 254). ... The previous slaves resented the brutal mistreatment directed towards them but also the fact of having been slaves at all. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Clinton family could not catch a break through their entire term as "the level of hostility directed against Clinton by punditocracy big-feet was truly a wonder." ... McGowen stated that the Times gave the murder credit for his principles and described the incident as an act of protest against white supremacy, when in fact that article stated how mentally deranged the man was and quoted his friend calling the act insane. ...

• Word Count: 950
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate