WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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The machines maintained high standards of honesty in government
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Americans were too preoccupied with foreign affairs to deal with domestic issues
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Reform movements concentrated on social problems and ignored political issues
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The machines provided jobs and services to the immigrants and poor
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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: -what factors led to rise of political machines? unoffical city organzation designed to keep a particular group in power.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the turn of the 20th century, many U.S. cities were run by collections of self-serving political machines. These organizations controlled access to political power by rigging votes, buying people’s loyalty-and their ballots.
Detailed explanation-4: -HOW DID POLITICAL MACHINES CONTROL CITIES? During the late 1800s, many cities were run by THESE organized groups, headed by a city boss, that controlled the activities of a political party. Political machines offered services to people and businesses in exchange for THIS.