POLI 102C Study Guide - Final Guide: United States Congressional Delegations From West Virginia, Political Machine, Limited Voting
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Question: how did the success of political parties and acceptance of partisan competition in the. Intro: what was the success, what was partisan competition? what was accomplished. what went wrong. Success the emergence and growing of power of the machine (pyramid organization of politics)/various political parties as more immigrants come due to industrial revolution. Voter"s support was given in exchange for rewards (ex. To be able to give the rewards, machine had to control the local government. The machine offered symbolic rewards and recognitions as wells as jobs and other tangible benefits and assisted in the acculturation to american society for newly arrived immigrant groups. Machine and its local ward leaders and precinct workers acted as brokers, or intermediaries, between the immigrants and the government, the courts, the police, and other official agencies such as naturalization officers, tax collectors, and city inspectors. In return, machine received the votes of the people it represented.
