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What political machine ruled NYC in the 1860s and early 1870s?
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The Tweed Ring
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Who ran the Tweed Ring?They stuffed their pockets with how much taken from city taxpayers?
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William Marcy Tweed200 million
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What ultimately exposed this crime?
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Cartoons
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By whom, where?
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Thomast NastHarper's Weekly
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A year after Nast's cartoons, who put into words these accusations and printed secret documents exposing corruption?
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New York Times
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Who deserves the most credit?
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Nast
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What changes happened after the civil war?
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Urbinizationindidustrializationimmigration
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These powerful forces opened the door to?
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Corruption in politics/business
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This led to this time being known as the?
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Gilded Age
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William Tweed was born when and where
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NYC- 1823
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What was is original job?After this?
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Worked as a fireman; then enterred ward politics
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He had membership in what?This increased his asendency into politics.
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Tammany Hall
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What was Tammany Hall?They opposed what?
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Political organization founded after revlutionNY's moneyed interests
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But what happened in Tammany Hall by 1850?
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Democratic base had been formed to manipulate
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Tweed was at the height of his control when?
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1869-1871
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