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The Reform Party of the United States of America (RPUSA), generally known as the Reform Party USA or the Reform Party, is a centrist political party in the United States, founded in 1995 by Ross Perot. Perot believed Americans were disillusioned with the state of politics as being corrupt and unable to deal with vital issues.
Reform Party of Minnesota, supporters of the above, now the Independence Party; American Reform Party, factional offshoot from the Reform Party of the United States, which only endorsed other party candidates; Reform Party of Syria, a United States lobbying organization; Reform Party (Mormon), founded by Joseph Smith in 1844; went defunct that ...
The "Fourth Party System" is the term used in political science and history for the period in American political history from the mid-1890s to the early 1930s, It was dominated by the Republican Party, excepting when 1912 split in which Democrats (led by President Woodrow Wilson) held the White House for eight
The Reform Party (or Mormon Reform Party) [1] was an American political party formed by Joseph Smith in 1843, [1] before he launched his campaign for President. [2] After the Mormon exodus to Utah, they switched their support to the People's Party .
Reformism is a type of social movement that aims to bring a social or also a political system closer to the community's ideal. A reform movement is distinguished from more radical social movements such as revolutionary movements which reject those old ideals, in that the ideas are often grounded in liberalism, although they may be rooted in socialist (specifically, social democratic) or ...
The Age of Reform stands out from other historical material because Hofstadter's main purpose for writing is not to retell an extensive history of the three movements, but to analyze the common beliefs of the reform groups in our modern perspective to elucidate historical distortions, most notably between the New Deal and Progressivism. [2] [3]
After several lapses and a terrific struggle, he determined to devote his life to lecturing on behalf of temperance reform. [1] He set forth, carpet-bag in hand, to tramp through the New England states, glad to obtain even seventy-five cents for a temperance lecture, and soon became famous for his eloquence. An intense earnestness derived from ...
Herbert Croly was born in Manhattan, New York City in 1869 to journalists Jane Cunningham Croly—better known by her pseudonym "Jenny June"—and David Goodman Croly.. Jane Croly was a contributor to The New York Times, The Messenger, and the New York World.