Age of the Bosses

As industrialization caused cites to grow in leaps and bounds, political bosses started to take power. As the 19th Century came to a close, almost every sizable city had a political boss, or at least had one rising to power. Tons of immigrants from every part of the world began to pour into the major cities. Cities have had diversity in the past, but the huge diversity of the American cities was unique. The only …

…their city were more than often a common man at birth who immigrated and seized the opportunity presented by industrialized cities. The bosses no longer exist today since public education has made for the smarter voter. Few immigrants with nothing to loose and everything to gain also contributed to the demise of the bosses. In the end, the bosses brought about the new style of municipal government, which still works today. Bibliography After the Fact