ammany Hall 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, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, 1905 Which action is best described by this excerpt? F Elected leaders helped immigrants to assimilate to life in the United States. G Political machines justified corruption while providing benefits to communities. M Progressive leaders protested eminent domain laws in the United States. ] Muckrakers tried to uncover government scandals in urban communities.