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How did corruption impact politics in the late 1800s?

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To cope with the city's problems, government officials had a limit on resources and personnel. Democracy did not flourish in this environment. To bring order out of the chaos of the nation's cities, many political bosses emerged who did not shrink from corrupt deals if they could increase their power bases. The people and institutions the bosses controlled were called the Political Machine.

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