Politics in the Gilded Age - Unit 3

Multiple Select

Which of the following were strategies used by political machines to maintain control?

• Election fraud

• Providing services to immigrants

• Offering immediate help with local problems

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a consequence of the patronage system described in the lesson?

• Unqualified government appointments

• Merit-based hiring

• Reduction in political corruption

• Increase in government efficiency