Boss Tweed CFU

What term was used to describe the organizations controlled by political bosses?

• Political parties

• Political machines

• Political committees

• Political councils

What is the term for the process where governments and companies pump money back into pockets of political bosses?

• Bribery

• Kickbacks

• Donations

• Investments

Who was known as the most notorious political boss of the Gilded Age?

• Thomas Nast

• William "Boss" Tweed

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

What is the name of the political machine that Boss Tweed ran?

• Tammany Hall

• The White House

• The Pentagon

• The Federal Reserve

The New York County courthouse is a famous example of Boss Tweed's mastery of _______. He chose the businesses that constructed the courthouse. The government of New York City paid those companies for the work, but Tweed chose them specifically because they would pass some of that money back to him!

How much was Tweed estimated to have stolen from New York City?

• $13 million

• $178 million

• Between $45 million and $200 million

• $360,751

Even though they were considered bad things, many poorer citizens embraced political machines.

What was the main reason for the rise of political machines?

• They bribed police officers to ignore crimes

• Nativists rigged elections in their favor

• Forced unions to keep factories open to low skilled workers

• Cities were couldn't provide the necessary infrastructure for citizens, but machines could

In the end, it was the cartoonist Thomas Nast that was able to convince people that Boss Tweed was bad. Why were cartoons an especially effective way to deliver a message to New Yorkers?

• Cartoons were much cheaper to print in the newspapers of the late 1890s

• Cartoons had no emotional impact on the audience.
• Cartoons simplified complex issues for citizens, even if they couldn't read

• Cartoons were very colorful and appealed to the children of rich New Yorkers