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What were the political machines that played such a vital role in late nineteenth century American cities?

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Working separately in the 1880s and 1890s, researcher Helen Campbell and photographer Jacob Riis both sought to call attention to what problem?

Miserable conditions in urban tenement housing.

What prompted urban reform movements in the 1890s?

Widespread suffering from the depression of that decade.

What were the political machines that played such a vital role in late-nineteenth-century American cities?

Local party bureaucracies that controlled elected and appointed offices.

Who were the "muckrakers" of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century?

Journalists who promoted reform.

Which of the following statements assesses the impact of New York's Tenement House Law of 1901 on the 44,000 tenements that existed at the time?

It failed to change older structures because reform was not profitable.

Why did most black men and women who migrated to the large cities of the North between 1880 and 1917 end up working in the service sector?

They were routinely rejected from other jobs.

What was the key to the successful building of skyscrapers in American cities in the late nineteenth century?

An interior skeleton made of manufactured steel beams.

Why did big cities in the United States become sites of manufacturing as well as finance and trade after the Civil War?

Steam engines allowed factory operators to move away from water-driven power.

Which statement assesses the consequences of the Triangle fire in New York City in 1911?

The fire showed that only stronger laws could alleviate sweatshop conditions.

After running their Chicago settlement house for a few years, what did Jane Addams and her colleagues believe the working-class people they served needed?

The resources and political voice to improve their lives.

Which statement assesses the early-twentieth-century crusade against prostitution in the United States?

The crusade pushed prostitution out of brothels and into the street.

What allowed engineers and planners in the second half of the nineteenth century to develop a new urban geography in the United States?

New technologies.

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What was the most famous political machine?

One of the most infamous of these political machines was Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party machine that played a major role in controlling New York City and New York politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.

What was the most famous political machine of the late nineteenth century quizlet?

The most famous political machine was New York City's Tammany Hall. Dominated Democratic party politics in the late 19th century, survived until the 20th and is keenly associated with corruption.

What was the function of political machines in late nineteenth century cities quizlet?

Political machines would control cities completely by rigging elections, buying votes, and then after winning all the elections they would do whatever they wanted and give jobs to supporters.

Why did machine politics become common in big cities in the late 19th century?

Political machines became common in cities because basic services for citizens and new immigrants were often extremely lacking and poor in quality. By stepping in to help ameliorate these problems, political machines won influence and votes from the populace, who often had nowhere else to turn for effective help.

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