7-3 Boss Tweed was head of Tammany Hall, was arrested for 120 counts of fraud and extortion, he escaped and went to Spain but was caught and sent back to the States. Businesses wanted high tariffs to keep foreign businesses out of America. Patronage-whoever helped someone get elected who'd receive benefits such as jobs. Reasonable citizens wanted people to use the merit system which gave people jobs based on their qualifications, instead of the patronage system which gave people jobs based on if they helped them or if it was family. Rutherford B. Hayes came into office in 1876 and supported reform. Pendleton Civil Service Act made it illegal to fire or demote people based on political or religious views.
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