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 * Election Riot of 1874: Election riot of 1874
 * I chose to evaluate this article because it sounded interesting to me and is directly related to the topic of our class.

Lead
The Lead of this article included a clear and concise description of the Election Riot of 1874 throughout the first paragraph. It gave a bit of information from each of the article's main points, though it did not explicitly state them until the table of contents. The Lead does not contain any information that is not also included in the article, and the writing was concise, though at times it seemed underdeveloped or inattentive.

Content
The content of this article was relevant to the topic and seemed to cover the entirety of the topic well. Most sources cited were print books. The newest source cited in the references was from 2015, and after that 2004. However, external links from 2010 had been added, and the page was last edited on November 8th 2019, meaning the article was recently updated. Nothing drastic seemed to be missing or incorrect.

Tone and Balance
The article seems to be neutral and uses no language that hints at a bias. There also do not seem to be any opinionated claims or deductions made from the article's information. The facts are not used to persuade the reader, nor do they represent any one belief more than another.

Sources and References
Most of the sources in this reference section do not have links and seem to be print books. One source is no longer visible as it has been archived. There seem to be places that could use a citation but do not have one. There are are also some sections that have confusing or unclear citations. The most current source listed is from 2015, but it is the source that is no longer visible.

Organization
This article is well organized in that its sections reflect accurate main points for the topic. Its spelling is correct and its writing is concise and clear. However, some points could be made more eloquently and many sentences or paragraphs feel underdeveloped or awkward to read. That said, the content is correct and the writing is still perfectly acceptable.

Images and Media
There are no images in the article.

Checking the talk page
There is no conversation of the talk page of this article. However, it is part of many WikiProjects surrounding law, history, and sociology. For all but one of the WikiProjects, this article is rated Start-Class and Low-importance. In one case, it is rated Stub-Class.

Overall impressions
This article's strengths are its concise nature and educational, fact-based focus. This article could be improved by cleaning up the writing style. It is not necessarily poorly developed or underdeveloped, but it does have a lot of room for growth and expansion upon first glance.

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