... had long entrusted the success of the economy to Republican presidents and to big business leaders, however, it would only be later, after the Democrats had taken control of the presidency and Congress and recovery had begun from the depths of the depression that workers would adopt a more militant stance in their dealings with employers and that middle Americans would begin ... turned away from the Republican Party in the election of 1932. (Himmelberg, 12) The worst came in the winter of 1932-1933, as the nation awaited the transition in the presidency that would come on March 4, 1933,...

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... oligarchies to unite in opposition to the coffee and financial policies of the government. The states, including the state of Sao Paulo, divided their support between two candidates for the presidency: one, Julio Prestes, supported by President Luis, and the other, Vargas, head of the opposistion. The two states of Minias Gerias and Rio Grande do Sul voted as a bloc in ... another evolution from Clientelism. The Brazilian politic almost reverts to favors done for political support. "The mechanism of populism, "was Vargas' most important tool after his elected return to the presidency.""...

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