Immigrants
Fraud
Political Machines
Boss Tweed
100
To attain full citizenship.

What is naturalization?

100

The illegal use of political influence for personal gain.

What is a graft?

100

An organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city, offered services to voters and businesses in exchange for political or financial support.

What are political machines?

100

NYC's powerful democratic political machine.

What is Tammany Hall?

200

This helped immigrants with naturalization, housing, and jobs.

What are political machines?

200

120 counts of fraud & extortion.

What were Tweed's crimes?

300

The immigrants provided these for political bosses. 

What are votes?

300

Controlled access to municipal jobs and business licenses, and influenced the courts and other municipal agencies.

Who are political bosses?

300

A group of corrupt politicians led in defrauding the city.

What was the Tweed Ring?

400

Educated beyond grammar school and could speak in immigrants in their own language. 

Who are precint captains and political bosses?

400

By using fake names.

How did party faithfuls cast a needed amount of votes?

400

The head of Tammany Hall.

Who is Boss Tweed?
500

Worked his way up from precinct captain to Democratic city boss in Kansas City by aiding Italian, African-American, & Irish voters in his ward.

Who is "Big Jim"?

500

A political cartoonist who helped arise public outrage against Tammany Hall's graft.

Who is Thomas Nast?

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