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1 Good Morning!!!! 1.No NVC  2.Wrap-Up Chinese Exclusion 3.Political Bosses and Machines Essential Question: What was the relationship between immigrants and political machines? Homework: Study for Midterm on BLOCK DAY

2 Why exclude the Chinese? 1.Fear Chinese are violent criminals 2.Fear the Chinese will take jobs from union workers 3.Nativist racism against the Chinese 4.“Superiority” of Chinese labor?

3 Political Bosses Political bosses: political leaders who got people to vote for them by giving favors and making deals with businesses. Political Machine: the group of people who made deals and got votes for the political boss – Tammany Hall: NYC’s biggest political machine

4 Tammany Hall, NYC The Politics of Fraud and Bribery – “As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?”—Boss Tweed – What was the relationship between immigrants and political machines?

5 “Gangs of New York”—Political Machines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Dwn NPHVAU (pt. 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Dwn NPHVAU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLDI7Gb 2FrY (pt. 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLDI7Gb 2FrY

6 Questions 1.Close Viewing: How do most Americans react to the new Irish Immigrants? Why do you think this is? 2.Close Viewing: How does Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall react to the Irish immigrants? Why do you think this is? 3.Hypothesize: Based on the clips, what do you think is the relationship between immigrants and political machines?

7 Political Machines Background: – Immigrants: jobs, money, housing, protection – Political Bosses need: votes on election day, power, & influence Relationship: Create Political Machines – Bosses and Machine members would provide money, jobs, food, and housing to immigrants in return for votes

8 Exit Ticket What was the relationship between immigrants and political machines?


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