Chapter 17; Section 1

Question 0

Political bosses

Answer 0

They managed these machines.

Question 1

Political Machines

Answer 1

In the late 11800s well-organized political parties dominated city governments in the United States because of their success in getting their members elected to local political offices.

Question 2

Alexander Shepard

Answer 2

from Washington D.C., financed expanding sewer and water systems, paved streets, and provided other public services.
He was a POLITICAL BOSS.

Question 3

James Pendergast

Answer 3

He was a pretty well liked political boss from Kansas City, Missouri.

Question 4

Graft

Answer 4

The acquisition of money or political power through illegal or dishonest methods.

Question 5

Kickbacks

Answer 5

Payments of part of the earnings from a job contact.

Question 6

George Washington Plunkitt

Answer 6

Of Tammany Hall used “honest graft”

Question 7

William Marcy Tweed

Answer 7

Tammany Hall had a long history as a social and political organization dating back to 1789, he was the in charge of that organization for which during the period in which it is best known in the Tweed ring existed.

Question 8

Thomas Nast

Answer 8

Tweed’s political power and control over the Tammany machine collapsed abruptly when public opinion turned against him. The corruption of Tammany Hall and the Tweed ring was mercilessly revealed in a series of political cartoons.