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Good Morning!1. NVC
2. Political Bosses
Essential Question: Were America’s politics corrupt during the Gilded Age?Homework: TEST NEXT MONDAY!
Political Bosses
• Political bosses: political leaders who got people to vote for them by giving favors and making deals with businesses.
• Political Machine: the group of people who made deals and got votes for the political boss– Many in these groups are
immigrants who receive help– Tammany Hall: NYC’s biggest
political machine
On the next slide…
• What do you see here?• Who is in the ring?• What is the cartoonist saying?• Does he like Tammany or not?
The Politics of Fraud?
“As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?”—Boss Tweed
• Do you see any of what Lincoln Steffens describes in America’s politics today?