Question

_____ were powerful organizations that used legal and illegal methods.

A. political machines

or

B. progressives

Answer 1

Political machines (A)

Step-by-step explanation:

They wanted to get their candidates elected to office and would do almost anything no matter if it was legal or illegal to assure this. Progressives were people or reformers who worked to improve society in the late 1800s and there fore were less likely to do something illegal because they wanted change for the better.