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Political Machine-Tammany Hall
A small organization that were able to establish a voter, mainly among immigrants, as long as they had something in return such as housing. -
Political bosses
Leaders that controlled a political party as well as activities -
Grant Elected President
Republican Ulysses S. Grant defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour and is elected President of the United States. Grant receives 214 of 294 votes in the Electoral College. But his margin of victory in the popular vote is only 306,000 out of 5.7 million votes cast. The support of 500,000 recently enfranchised Southern Black voters accounts for Grant's victory. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
U.S federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years
