| A | B |
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| political machine | An orgaized group that cotrolled the activities of a political party in a city. |
| graft | The illegal use of political influence fo personel gain. |
| Boss Tweed | The head of Tamany Hall, New York's Democratic political machine. |
| patronage | The giving of government jobs to people who helped the candidate get elected. |
| civil service | Merit system of hiring for government jobs. |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | Republican president who gradually reformed civil service. |
| James A. Garfield | President who was assassinated by a man he tured down for a job. |
| Chester A. Arhur | He took the presidency when the president was assassinated and became a reformer. |
| Pendleton Civil Service Act | Authorized a bipartisan civil service commission to make appointments to federal jobs based on merit. |
| Grover Cleveland | The democratic presidential candidiate in 1884 who tried to lower tariffs. |
| Benjamin Harrison | He defeated Cleveland for Cleveland's reelection and passed the McKinley Tariff Act. |
