Which statement best describes the functioning of party machines in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

a. Parties provided policy support to rural electorates in exchange for votes.
b. Parties provided jobs to rural electorates in exchange for votes.
c. Parties provided patronage jobs to loyal supporters in urban areas.
d. Parties provided cash handouts to rural electorates in exchange for jobs.

c

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Out of the following groups, which youth cohort is the most politically engaged?

A) Whites. B) Latinos. C) Asian-americans. D) Native Americans. E) African Americans.

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If you were a political leader and you kept allegiances by ensuring that important groups receive favors such as development projects and subsidies, you would be engaging in __________

a. favoritism b. bilateral opposition c. co-optation d. clientelism

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