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POLITICS AND POLITICAL
MACHINES
POLITICAL MACHINE
• An organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city and sold their influence to the highest bidder
GRAFT
• Money or an advantage gained or yielded by unscrupulous means
• Kickbacks
TAMMANY HALL
• New York City’s most powerful political machine
GILDED AGE
• The period between 1870 to 1900 characterized by serious social problems masked by a thin layer of wealth.
PATRONAGE
• The giving of government jobs to people who helped a candidate get elected