The Story of American Democracy, Political and IndustrialAllyn and Bacon, 1922 - 791 pages |
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... vote on the Compromise of 1850 . 500 93. An antislavery handbill of 1851 . 504 94. Test vote on the Kansas - Nebraska Bill . 507 95. Railroad construction from 1830 to 1860. Colored facing 516 96. Harvesting in 1831 518 97. Harvesting ...
... vote on the Compromise of 1850 . 500 93. An antislavery handbill of 1851 . 504 94. Test vote on the Kansas - Nebraska Bill . 507 95. Railroad construction from 1830 to 1860. Colored facing 516 96. Harvesting in 1831 518 97. Harvesting ...
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... voted a tax The Water- for fortifications . Watertown was called upon town Pro- to pay eight pounds . The Watertown ... [ vote ] that the Assistants might be chosen anew every year , and that the governor might be chosen by the whole ...
... voted a tax The Water- for fortifications . Watertown was called upon town Pro- to pay eight pounds . The Watertown ... [ vote ] that the Assistants might be chosen anew every year , and that the governor might be chosen by the whole ...
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... vote Yes or No , by erection of hands . Unless they first rejected an old officer , there was no chance to elect a new one . In spite of such drawbacks , the reform of 1632 was a democratic advance . Two years later came the second step ...
... vote Yes or No , by erection of hands . Unless they first rejected an old officer , there was no chance to elect a new one . In spite of such drawbacks , the reform of 1632 was a democratic advance . Two years later came the second step ...
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... vote at any time in colonial Massachusetts . III . DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL MACHINERY The Court of 1634 voted by ... vote protected the voters from being over- awed by Winthrop's influential friends . First po- litical use of the ballot ...
... vote at any time in colonial Massachusetts . III . DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL MACHINERY The Court of 1634 voted by ... vote protected the voters from being over- awed by Winthrop's influential friends . First po- litical use of the ballot ...
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... voted blank ballots . In 1643 the law ordered that kernels of corn should be used instead of paper ballots , white ... vote in their own towns , in small election districts instead of being required all to come to one central point ...
... voted blank ballots . In 1643 the law ordered that kernels of corn should be used instead of paper ballots , white ... vote in their own towns , in small election districts instead of being required all to come to one central point ...
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