WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Legislative
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Tenement
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Political Machine
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Political Party
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Detailed explanation-1: -Benefits and problems both resulted from the rule of political machines. This system of political control-known as “bossism"-emerged particularly in the Gilded Age.
Detailed explanation-2: -Reformers typically allege that political bosses are corrupt. This corruption is usually tied to patronage; the exchange of jobs, lucrative contracts and other political favors for votes, campaign contributions and sometimes outright bribes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tammany Hall became a locally organized machine dedicated to stopping Clinton and Federalists from rising to power in New York. However, local Democratic-Republicans began to turn against Tammany Hall. From 1806 to 1809 public opinion forced the local Common Council to crack down on Tammany Hall.