WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
GILDED AGE POLITICS
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Question
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Political machines fostered corruption and graft in city politics
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Political Machines partnered with big business
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Political machines took advantage of immigrants
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Political machines took advantage of debt-ridden farmers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Machines are criticized as undemocratic and inevitably encouraging corruption. Since the 1960s, some historians have reevaluated political machines, considering them corrupt but efficient. Machines were undemocratic but responsive. They were also able to contain the spending demands of special interests.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following was widely considered a negative effect of political machines during the Gilded Age? Machines fostered graft in city politics and public contracts.
Detailed explanation-3: -Politics in the Gilded Age were characterized by scandal and corruption, but voter turnout reached an all-time high. The Republican Party supported business and industry with a protective tariff and hard money policies. The Democratic Party opposed the tariff and eventually adopted the free silver platform.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.