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Background Atlantic Monthly Lincoln Steffens/ New York Daily Times George Plunkitt

This is where Tammany Hall was in power.

Where is New York City?

Tammany Hall became the political machine representing this party.

What is the Democratic Party?

Tammany Hall gained control by appealing to this community of people.

Who are immigrants?

This is one of the things Tammany Hall helped people to do in order to obtain their vote.

What is obtain jobs, a place to live, or citizenship?

This is an estimate of how much money Tammany Hall swindled from the city.

What is 75 to 200 million dollars?

He was the boss of Tammany Hall in the late 1800s.

Who is Richard Croker?

This is one of the things the boss of Tammany Hall had the power to decide.

What is to name the candidate for mayor?

Tammany promotes this type of person.

Who is a man with influence or ability?

He was the author of Tammany Hall in the Atlantic Monthly.

Who is Henry Childs Merwin?

The Atlantic Monthly describes the election of a New York mayor in this year.

What is November 1890?

The political machine controls this process.

What is voting?

Lincoln Steffens wrote this book.

What is The Shame of the Cities?

This article in the New York daily Times accused Tammany Hall of graft and corruption.

What is How New York is governed, frauds of the Tammany Democrats?

Tammany Hall’s payment to these locations was deemed fraudulent.

What are the County Buildings and Offices and the Armories of the National Guard?

This was repeated by Tammany Hall after it was done by the previous Board.

What are fraudulent leases?

This is a reason arguing for why politicians have not become more corrupt.

Why are the times different? Why was there nothing to steal?

This is called seizing an opportunity and making the best of it.

What is honest graft?

Plunkitt held this position in Tammany Hall.

What is District Leader?

This is how Plunkitt kept control over his district.

What is helping poor families?

This is the book containing all interviews with George Plunkitt.

What is Plunkitt of Tammany Hall?