Question: To what extent did certain figures and individuals in McGuire's chapter 7,8, and the epilogue and Kaufman's The Fall of Wisconsin reshape American politics for the better - or tried to make it better - reflecting the spirit of the Preamble of the Constitution, which is to "establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity"?