Which of the following was a disadvantage of machine politics?
a. taxpayers ultimately paid higher city taxes due to graft.
b. immigrants did not have a voice.
c. citizens who voiced complaints were at risk for their safety.
d. only wealthy parts of the city received timely responses.

answer; /// i believe that they became successful farmers; ///////////////

for the 2 countries u can do china and america because america has a democratic government while china has a communist government.

a democracy is a government run by the people either by directly voting or indirectly by electing representatives. an oligarchy is a government run by a few or a small group of people. a democracy and oligarchy are similar because both in an oligarchy and an indirect democracy, a small group of induvial determine the laws for a large group of people they are different because in an oligarchy it is easier to control and they do not have to answer to a large number of people in the country, unlike a democracy where they do have to answer to a large number of people an county that is a democracy would be the united states. a country that is an oligarchy would be the china.