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| What were political machines? What was their key goal. |
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Political machines were powerful organizations that influenced city and county politics in the late 1800s.
Their key goal was to get their candidates elected to public office (legally or otherwise). |
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| Bosses were the leaders of the political machines. |
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| Bosses traded favors for votes. |
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| Are you studying hard for your chapter test? |
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| How much wood could a woodchuck chuck (if a woodchuck could chuck wood?) |
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A woodchuck would chuck just as much wood as a woodchuck COULD chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood!
(Just trying to keep this study session fun!) :) |
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| Who was William Marcy Tweed? |
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| William Marcy Tweed was the Tammany Hall boss who stole up to 200 million dollars from the city treasury. He was later convicted and died in jail. |
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| What happened to the treasury officials during Grant's 2nd term? |
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| They were jailed for taking bribes from whiskey distillers in a scandal called the "Whiskey Ring". |
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| How did the Union Pacific Railroad's credit mobilier of America work? |
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| The owners gave or sold shares in credit mobilier to members of Congress. In return, these congressmen approved large federal land grants to credit mobilier. |
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| Who was Rutherford B. Hayes? |
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| A Civil War hero and reformer who promised thorough, radical, and complete changes in the Civil Service. He was chosen over Tilden by a narrow margin. |
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| Who was James A. Garfield? |
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| U.S. president elected in 1880. His vice president was Chester A. Arthur. |
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| Who was Grover Cleveland? |
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| Democratic president in 1884, who was known for his honestly. He hired and fired government workers based on their merit, not on their party loyalty. He remained popular. |
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| Who was Benjamin Harrison? |
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| U.S. president who helped control inflation, and passed the Sherman Anti-trust Act, which regulated monopolies. |
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| What happened during Cleveland's 2nd term? |
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| The country's economy entered depression. |
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| True or False: Cleveland angered many democrats with his economic policies. |
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| Who was William McKinley? |
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| U.S. president who was able to avoid scandals and win back trust in the presidency in 1896. |
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| What was the Pendleton Civil Service Act? |
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| It set up a merit system controlled by the Civil Service Commission |
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