THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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They often used fraud to win elections
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They did not control the police forces
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The political bosses never used their power for the greater good
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -This system of political control-known as “bossism"-emerged particularly in the Gilded Age. A single powerful figure (the boss) was at the center and was bound together to a complex organization of lesser figures (the political machine) by reciprocity in promoting financial and social self-interest.
Detailed explanation-2: -political machine, in U.S. politics, a party organization, headed by a single boss or small autocratic group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most famous political machine was New York City’s Tammany Hall. Dominated Democratic party politics in the late 19th century, survived until the 20th and is keenly associated with corruption.
Detailed explanation-4: -These organizations controlled access to political power by rigging votes, buying people’s loyalty-and their ballots. Tammany Hall in New York City became the most famous, but Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago had their own political machines.