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"Give us a business man [to] introduce business methods into politics and government"… yet politics remains corrupt… The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit,not patriotism;of credit,not honor;of individual gain,not national prosperity;of trade and dickering,not principle… "Business is business" is not a political sentiment,but our politician has caught it. He takes essentially the same view of the bribe… But there is hope…in the commercialism of our politics. If our political leaders are to be always a lot of political merchants,they will supply any demand we may create. All we have to do is to establish a steady demand for good government."
Lincoln Steffens,The Shame of the Cities,1904
-Which of the following methods did reformers like Lincoln Steffens use to accomplish their goals?


A) Organizing labor unions to oppose business interests
B) Creating new organizations to address the problems they saw
C) Calling for restricted immigration to reduce corruption
D) Campaigning against further government intervention in the people's lives

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