WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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armed robbery
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using political position to profit financially
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high tariffs
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excessive taxes on immigrants
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Detailed explanation-1: -After 1829, Tammany Hall became the city affiliate of the Democratic Party, controlling most of the New York City elections afterwards.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tweed was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1852 and the New York County Board of Supervisors in 1858, the year that he became the head of the Tammany Hall political machine.
Detailed explanation-3: -William Magear “Boss” Tweed, leader of New York City’s corrupt Tammany Hall political organization during the 1860s and early 1870s, is delivered to authorities in New York City after his capture in Spain. Tweed became a powerful figure in Tammany Hall-New York City’s Democratic political machine-in the late 1850s.
Detailed explanation-4: -“Boss” Tweed acquired most of his power in the 1860s and 1870s by running Tammany Hall, the New York organization that controlled Democratic nominations. In 1874, he was found guilty of embezzling millions of dollars from state and city government contracts to line his pockets and those of his supporters.