During the late 1800s, what was the primary role of organizations known as political machines in many U.S. cities?

To provide efficient and honest city services

To control local government through dishonest methods

To help immigrants learn new industrial skills

To organize national election campaigns for presidents

How did the Pendleton Act change the process for getting a federal job?

It required applicants to pass a skills test

It allowed the president to appoint anyone

It gave jobs to the highest bidder

It based hiring on loyalty to a political party

To lower the high tariffs on imported goods

To outlaw the formation of business trusts

To ensure federal jobs were given to qualified individuals through exams

To give political bosses more control over city hiring

Leading protests for workers' rights

Building the city's first subway system honestly

Collecting millions of dollars through illegal payments and fraud

Passing laws to clean up the city's water supply