Reading this, he is trying to say that the French and the Spanish are powerful allies for the US and they need to make a peace treaty, the Peace of Paris, to stop the bloodshed between the two.
Landslide victories do not guarantee that Congress will be of the same party and therefore can prevent continued success by the President.
These presidents were reelected due to the trust Americans had in them to get the country through a tough time. FDR--Great Depression, LBJ--assassination of JFK, Nixon--Vietnam/activism, and Reagan--recession. However, Congress was not in their favor to continue the policies they had been using in their first terms. On that note, these were all 2nd term (LBJ was technically first election but had served two years already) elections where the president had gained the approval of the people.
All faced increased adversity as well after the landslide victory. FDR--recession and WWII begins, LBJ--entry into Vietnam, Nixon--Watergate, and Reagan--stock market crash.
The following statements explains what happened during the Haymarket Square incident,
- "Public fear of anarchists and foreigners led to false accusations"
- "Rally leaders were illegally arrested and convicted"
- "A peaceful labor rally ended with a bomb exploding"
<u>Explanation:</u>
The Haymarket Affair (otherwise called the Haymarket Massacre, Haymarket Riot, or Haymarket Square Riot) was the fallout of a bombing that occurred at a work exhibition on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago.
The rally started on 4th May and Albert Parsons, August Spies, and Samuel Fielden addressed the crowd who gathered for a peaceful negotiation of the worker's rights estimated from 600 to 3,000 in a open wagon near square on Des Plaines Street.
After the rally started, police arrived in group at around 10.30 pm and ordered the crowd rallying to disperse. Home-made bomb filled with dynamite was thrown in the path of the police coming towards them. At once after the bombing, gunshots were exchanged.
Arrest and conviction:
- 8 agitators were accused of plotting and doing the shelling (despite the fact that proof against them was powerless)
- 4 were hung, 1 self-murdered in jail, 3 were detained until John Peter Altgeld drove their sentences in 1893
