This cartoon portraying Tammany Hall boss William Tweed represents what aspect of Gilded Age political machines?
A) their provision of favors to constituents
B) their selling of patronage jobs
C) their demand for kickbacks from contractors
D) their control of the ballot box
E) their collection of protection fees from criminals
D
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the religious figure who introduced the idea of a single wise god to the persian empire
What will be an ideal response?