Author Question: Which of the following functions was not typically performed by political bosses and precinct ... (Read 73 times)

lunatika · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Which of the following functions was not typically performed by political bosses and precinct captains?

A) They delivered votes at election time.
B) They ran settlement houses.
C) They served as informal welfare agents for the needy.
D) They protected the troubled in the neighborhood.
E) They dispensed patronage jobs, contracts, and other political favors.

Question 2

Machine politics was

A) a form of urban politics where local politicians, known as bosses, dominated urban areas.
B) a form of urban politics where the boss of an unofficial political organization controlled a particular party or faction in office.
C) a social theory in which all interest groups in society meshed together like the parts of a machine.
D) a derisive term given to voting machines when urban reformers first introduced them.
E) a form of urban politics influenced by the ideas of reformers.