Ch. 7.3
What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?
Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.
- he was sent to jail for fraud
- he had the ring of people that he had bought in out.
What caused all this corruption in government?
- patronage
- dis honesty
- spoil system
What laws came about to reform government?
- eliminate patronage and replace it with a merit system
- Pendleton Act and Civil Science Act
Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William Mckinley were all presidents during the late 1800's. Were they a reform president or a status quo president?
- yes,
- 3 presidents were killed
- Aurthur believed in the spoil system until Garfield was killed.
Ch. 8.1:
-What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems?
- transportation
- communtion
- space
- printing
- airplanes
- photography
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