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Boss Tweed was a well known political machine who pressured new immigrants in America to vote for his candidate or business. Boss tweed wasn’t the biggest problem though, he was part of something much bigger; Tammany Hall. Tammany Hall controlled New York City and it politics. But soon enough it would all fall by the help of our 26th president who tried to end unfair business practices that led businesses to become monopolies; he became a trust buster and he enforce antitrust legislation. Political machines would soon come to a end, they were caught and thrown in jail for playing a part in political and business corruption, like boss tweed who was thrown in jail in 1877. During Roosevelt's presidency the Food and Drug act was passed which led to the Food and Drug administration and Hepburn Railroad Act which increased the power of the interstate Commerce Commision. These new regulations changed America profoundly, first off by passing the Food and Drug Act made sure that big business weren’t letting their workers missing fingers be grinded into the meat that fed Americans; this also helped working conditions. Big corporations had to list