Terms
Political cartoon
Graphic with public figures, expressing the artists's opinion.
Shannon
Joseph's "sister"
Immagrants
Organized group that controlled a political party
Political Machine
Who worked mostly in factories
Immagrants
City Boss
Skimmed money from gov. contracts
Joseph
The one who boxed for the political machine
What did they also give with jobs
Housing
Skimmed money from govt. contracts
City Boss
Did they get payed well
Not even close to a dollar
Political Machine
Organized group that controlled a political party
Mike Kelly
The man who runs the boxing matches and city boss
What did they get in return
Votes
A trust
Competing companies work together as a giant company to destroy the rest of the competition and get more money
Was it safe
Not at all machines often injured/killed workers
Graft
Forms of corruption
Bourke
City councilman who works with Mike Kelly in the political machine
Why did they do this
To make their person they wanted to win the election
Monopoly
The rich bought all the competition and lowered the wage for the workers
How long did they work for
12 hours a day for 6 days a week
Boss Tweed
Largest and most powerful political machine
Italian man
This man is the person who puts a end to Joseph's boxing career
Why did they target one group
Because immagrants had no one to helped them so they used them in their scheme
Robber Baron
A person/company who is known for being corrupt
Was adult just working their
No ages from as low of 4 worked in these factories