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Because of their sucess in getting their members elected to local political offices, these parties were politcal machines
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Well-organized political parties that dominated local and state governments in the late 1800s
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Political bosses managed these machines. Bosses parties party positions on city
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Leaders who ran political machines
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Graft - the acquisition of money or political power through illegal or dishonest methods
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Acquisition of money or political power through illegal or dishonest methods
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Kickbacks - payments of part of the earnings from a job or contract
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Payments of part of the earnings from job
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The image struck a chord, and the era became know as the gilded Age
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Name applied by mark twain and charles dudley warner to late 1800s america to describe the corruption and greed that lurked below the surface of society
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The stalwarts strongly opposed civil service reform
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Republicans in the late 1800s who opposed reform
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