Politics in the Gilded Age Mod 4 Lesson 3

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Across
  1. 1. The practice of giving government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected
  2. 2. At the pyramids base, they tried to get voters' support on a city block or in a neighborhood
  3. 6. He was a political cartoonist who helped provoke public outrage against Tammany Hall's graft
  4. 8. They were at the top of the pyramid and controlled the activities of the political party throughout the city
  5. 9. Illegal payments for services, enriching the political machines--and individual politicians
  6. 13. They opposed changes in the spoils system
  7. 14. President in 1884, he tried to lower tariff rates but Congress refused to support him
  8. 15. He became known as Boss Tweed, the head of Tammany Hall in 1868
  9. 17. A group of corrupt politicans working for Boss Tweed who defrauded New York City
  10. 18. Another term for patronage under the Andrew Jackson administration
  11. 19. An organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city
Down
  1. 1. A civil service law authorizing a bipartisan civil service commision to appoint federal jobs based on a merit system and an examination
  2. 3. He controlled access to municipal jobs and business licenses and also influenced the courts and other municipal agencies
  3. 4. President who was assinated by lawyer Charles Guiteau, angry because he had been denied a job
  4. 5. The illegal use of political influence for personal gain
  5. 7. He was elected in 1876 and is known for firing two of the top officials of New York City's customhouse after calling for reform actions
  6. 10. Government administration jobs
  7. 11. They helped the poor and gained their votes by doing favors or providing services
  8. 12. Grandson of a former president, he beat Cleveland and became president in 1888
  9. 16. New York City's powerful Democratic political machine helped with immigrants naturalization