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Gilded Age Politics

  • Tammany Hall

    Tammany Hall

    political machine that played a role in controlling New York and in helping immigrants,
  • sectionalism

    sectionalism

    Loyalty to the interests of one’s own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole
  • spoils system

    spoils system

    A practice in which a political party, after winning an election, rewards its voters with government jobs.
  • Political Machinces

    Political Machinces

    A corrupt political organization that preyed on immigration