Why was the term political machine used to describe corrupt political systems in the late 1800s?

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This is because they hired an organized group of people to handle their political campaigns with the objective of securing their nomination through any means possible.  Some of the tactics they employed were unfair and sometimes used to gain influence of  the wealthy and powerful to push their propaganda.


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Changes in the document of the constitution that occur over time. 

Which steel tycoon donated to William S. Rainsford's church and social reform movement?

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Im pretty sure the answer is J.P. Morgan.

the name for a geographically wide-ranging grop of peoples and states ruled by a single government is a what? A: theocracy B: empire C: City state D: urbanization

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The name for a geographically wide ranging group of peoples and states ruled by a single government is empire. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the second option or option "B". An empire can cover a huge amount of area consisting of several states or countries.

The correct answer is B) an empire.

An empire is the name for a geographically wide-ranging group of people and states ruled by a single government.

During the history of humanity, many territories have been ruled by emperors. An empire can be understood as a group of states ruled by one governor or king. The empire encompassed many people, towns, cities in different territories. The best example to understand the concept of an empire was the powerful Roman Empire that in its times owned one-third of the known world. Other important empires were the Byzantine Empire or the Ottoman Empire.  

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Congress didn't provide the army with enough equipment because:it didn't want a war
it wanted foreign countries to give aid
a soldier's life is expected to be hard
it didn't have enough money
the Continental Army was a volunteer army

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It didn't have enough money. We were part of England before the revolutionary war but then we decided we wanted to be separate, so thats when the revolutionary war started. The U.S. (colonies) were practically a bunch of rebels with barely any money that wanted freedom from the royal nation.   

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It didn't have enough money.

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