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My party's in power in the city, and it's goin' to undertake a lot of public improvements. Well, I'm tipped off, say, that they're going to lay out a new park at a certain place. I see my opportunity and I take it. I go to that place and I buy up all the land I can in the neighborhood. Then the board of this or that makes its plan public, and there is a rush to get my land, which nobody cared
particular for before. Ain't it perfectly honest to charge a good price and make a profit on my investment and foresight? Of course, it is. Well, that's honest graft,
- George Washington Plunkitt. Plunkiet of Tammany Hall 1905

What action is best described by this excerpt?

A) Elected leaders helped immigrants to assimilate to life in the United States

B) Political machines justified corruption while providing benefits to
communities.

C) Progressive leaders protested eminent domain laws in the United States.

D) Muckrakers tried to uncover government scandals in urban communities.

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