Conclude this section with a description of the structure of American government [all branches] and politics at that time. ... With the new voters introduced into the population there needed to be a catchy way for candidates running for presidency to take advantage of receiving as many votes as they could, this is where the political parties came in, where earlier in the previous era there was no static political group. Political parties are groups that seek the elect candidates to public office by supplying them with a label by which they are known to the electorate. ... Interest groups ...

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After moving to New York, Teddy decided to go into the field of politics. With the help of Jack Hess and Joe Murray, Roosevelt was elected to his first political office in 1881 as a representative for the New York Assembly. ... He would not be bound by the political machine and would fight for what he believed in. ... As Governor, he once again distanced himself from the political machines, the same ones that got him elected. ... McKinley was looking for a running mate, and Platt saw this as the opportunity to nominate Roosevelt Vice President, since they really did not do much in politics. ...

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After moving to New York, Teddy decided to go into the field of politics. With the help of Jack Hess and Joe Murray, Roosevelt was elected to his first political office in 1881 as a representative for the New York Assembly. ... He would not be bound by the political machine and would fight for what he believed in. ... As Governor, he once again distanced himself from the political machines, the same ones that got him elected. ... McKinley was looking for a running mate, and Platt saw this as the opportunity to nominate Roosevelt Vice President, since they really did not do much in politics. ...

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Wilson advanced rapidly as a conservative young professor of political science and became president of Princeton in 1902. ... In that campaign he asserted his independence of the conservatives and of the machine that had nominated him, endorsing a progressive platform, which he pursued as governor. ... Wilson went before Congress in January 1918, to pronounce American war aims through a a series of ideas he had known as the Fourteen Points, this would establish a general association of nations indubitably guaranteeing political independence and territorial integrity to great and small stat...

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During the gilded age, when Roosevelt was ending college and starting his political life, the government allowed the industry to grow with any interference. ... At Harvard he followed politics very closely and during his spare time he would often help the campaigns of republican candidates. ... His first real political job was as a New York State assemblyman, 1882-1884. ... He returned to the political scene in 1888 to back President Harrison in the Midwest. ... This is one of the first times we see him change the trends of politics in the Gilded Age. ...

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Shlaim throughout the Berlin Crisis was preoccupied with domestic politics. ... The blockade remained in existence so long because of Truman's tough political race and his uncertainty of reelection. ... Truman was overtly aware that the people of the United States rallied behind his doctrine, and wanted any and every nation to have a choice in their political happenings; however, he was also aware that the people of the United States were tired of war, and especially war for European benefit. The Berlin Crisis would not be resolved until Truman was sure of his political future. ... So...

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