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"Radicalism" or "radical liberalism" was a political ideology in the 19th century United States aimed at increasing political and economic equality. The ideology was rooted in a belief in the power of the ordinary man, political equality, and the need to protect civil liberties.
Many and perhaps a majority had been Whigs, such as William H. Seward, [12] a leading presidential contender in 1860 and Lincoln's Secretary of State, Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania, as well as Horace Greeley, editor of the New-York Tribune, the leading Radical newspaper. There was movement in both directions: some of the pre-war Radicals ...
Pennsylvania's new constitution was tied to ongoing political changes within the province in 1776. As the Revolution evolved, the views of some political leaders differed from those of the Provincial Assembly (and its supporters) and of the Deputy Governor, John Penn. Extralegal committees were established that would eventually displace and ...
These two small groups merged in 1938 as the short-lived Independent Radical Party, which was itself restored after the Second World War and was a founding organisation of the Alliance of Left Republicans. Independent Radical Party (1937–1940), a merger of the Unionist Radical Party and the French Radical Party.
Pennsylvania constabulary, mounted on horses, at McKee's Rock, c. 1909 1909 (United States) McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Steel Strike began. [25] 1909 (United States) Watertown, Connecticut, Arsenal Strike occurred. [26] Two women strikers on picket line during the "Uprising of the 20,000", garment workers strike, New York City.
The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of what is now ...
List of name changes due to the George Floyd protests, mainly names considered to honor people with racist views, or which are offensive to people who are not racist. 2025 Presidential executive order Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness , changing the name of part of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and changing the name of ...
The Oxford English Dictionary traces usage of 'radical' in a political context to 1783. [2] The Encyclopædia Britannica records the first political usage of 'radical' as ascribed to Charles James Fox, a British Whig Party parliamentarian who in 1797 proposed a 'radical reform' of the electoral system to provide universal manhood suffrage, thereby idiomatically establishing the term 'Radicals ...