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Objective 2.5- Political Machines

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as cities in populations boom neuticles extra spot overpower local governments began to grow more and more inefficient politician sought to manipulate voters and gain power for themselves this leads to Urban political machine the political machine was an organized group of political officials who controlled activities album protocol party within a City Bank of a clubhouse or a fraternity politics with migration and urbanisacion clinical party sought to take advantage of chaos to control political office they would accomplish this goal by manipulating voters officials of the political machine gave favors and perks to voters and businesses in return for support at The Ballot Box the idea was you get my back and I'll get yours the structure of the political machine was set up like a pyramid at the top we have the city boss the city boss controlled most local services and shows candidates to elect opt-in City boss was the most powerful man in the city next in the middle we have Ward bosses where buses gave local favors and insured Precinct votes were secure the war is reported to the city boss and delivered on promises that were given to the voters and finally got the bottom we have block captains and Precinct workers these members rounded up though where's the neighborhood and city blocks they escorted voters to The Ballot Box in order to make sure they voted the way they wanted them to the city boss Randall machine the process begins CityPASS Celexa can 8 for public office this can it usually was in the pocket of the city boss and was nothing but a puppet or a Lackey who do the bidding of the city boss once elected to office ensuring that the city boss maintains power it keeps the political machine prosperous the city boss could Promise Jobs housing citizenship favorable decisions in court and other perks and even hand down the ability to deliver on these promises to the ward boss reporting to the ward bosses were the block captains and Precinct workers who had Direct contact with the voters what's promises were made voters to the den go to The Ballot Box on Election Day and vote for the candidate that have been selected by the city boss ensuring that the political machines candidate won and keeping the city boss in control app litical fares within the city machines preyed on newly arrived immigrants and struggling businesses the most they took advantage of culture promised housing jobs and quick naturalization for worried new immigrants they hired second-generation immigrants to speak to newly arriving immigrants in there trip language mixed feelings regarding the Irish will deliver these golden Furbling folk to the polls on the regular basis they'll be a handsome price for each boat goes tammany's way  businesses could get quick licenses and bypass paperwork they could also see competitors appear in return for cash and votes so what's the benefit to the city boss in the political machine why I started in the first place the answer is graft what is the illegal use of political power for personal gain here's how it works machines monetary Kickbacks for employment for jobs my building bridges public transportation streets and buildings and then skin the extra money off the top and pocket it for themselves they control the police department so that the what's the book the other way in order to keep power to go machines grew desperate they would commit voter fraud win enough votes could it be bought this included having voters vote multiple times in an election it also included using fake names and late-night trips of the cemetery where the names of dead people be taken off tombstones and put onto registered voters list where they would vote for the plug machines Katic the most famous political machine was Tammany Hall in New York run by William Boss Tweed Tammany Hall's fraud and graft was over the for example the construction cost of New York County Courthouse groups and nearly 13 million dollars about 178 million in today's dollars one outrageous exam was a carpenter was paid $360,000 roughly 4.9 million dollars in today's money for one month slavery began to question the validity of their work can help by negative Cartoons by Thomas Nast outrage over there graph led to his downfall Tweed was arrested and convicted of fraud SMS claim that Tweed defraud New York out of tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks as the Bold an egregious graph the political machines was uncovered public outrage led to perform Across the Nation politicians were pressured to change the ways that they did business and prevent future fraud in fact the criminal activity and the fraud of the age of political machines led to a new what politics at the turn of the century politicians were elected in a new wave of Reform and they set out on a protocol agenda to make government more responsive to the people

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