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How Significant was the Impact of Political Machines on Society?
In the late 18th and early 19th century, a massive growth in american cities need for a stable government caused the development of what is now called a political machine. The impact of political machines caused a negative influence politically and socially. Cities in the 19th century were defectively arranged in the public’s worst interest. The poor arrangement of government was in result of migration from rural areas (“Political Bosses”). The massive influx of immigrants resulted in failure to provide services of help for members of society, which led to the development of political machines (“Political Bosses”). Political machines were generally consisted of a county committee,
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Many political machines built schools, such as such as Carnegie. Political machines during this time encouraged manufacturing and and mobilization of industry ( “Sullivan, Kathleen”). Almost all political machines provide jobs in exchange for votes or other actions. In a party called the loyalist, many individuals obtained jobs on behalf of many machines ( “Sullivan, Kathleen”). In Exchange for jobs, individuals were expected to give back at least ten percent of their salary back to the organization. During many elections, they also were expected to campaign in their boss’s favor( “Sullivan, Kathleen”). Immigrants were especially victims to this, because they often included their friends in this process (“Political Machines”). Other individuals were also provided with police protection, but this was a very rare reward (“Sullivan, Kathleen”). The appealingness of Political machines was mostly to immigrants, who were struggling to find jobs in large cities, such as New York (“Lowe, Jason”). Immigrants were willing to do any job generally for less payment because they were so desperate for a job (“Lowe, Jason”). For twelve years, Boss Tweed reigned over New York and gave generously during the winter (“Lowe, Jason”). This generosity consisted of turkeys on Christmas and coal given in the winter (“Corruption Runs Wilds”). Rewards such as these were only given to the supporters (“Corruption Runs Wilds”) . Many individuals saw political machines was heros because they “got the job done” for the government through patronage (“Corruption Runs Wilds”) . Patronage was a system of benefits that included jobs, protections, and money in exchange for political support for the boss, even if the individual did not agree with the viewpoint of the boss (“Ehrenhal, Alan”). Patronage offered many opportunities such

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