USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Perhaps the largest example of a political machine from this time period is Tammany Hall in New York City, led by Boss Tweed. These groups, furthermore, had distinctive moral perspectives and political needs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tammany Hall and the Tweed Ring are infamous models of Gilded Age urban corruption. Political machines corruptly ran several major cities throughout the United States, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest where millions of immigrants had settled.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was during the Gilded Age that Congress passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to break up monopolistic business combinations, and the Interstate Commerce Act, to regulate railroad rates. State governments created commissions to regulate utilities and laws regulating work conditions.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most notorious political boss of the age was William “Boss” Tweed of New York’s Tammany Hall.

Detailed explanation-5: -One of the most infamous of these political machines was Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party machine that played a major role in controlling New York City and New York politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.