Document 5 “The sheer size of cities helped create a new form of politics…Many city problems were handled by local political bosses who traded in patronage favors and graft. Big city political machines were not altogether sinister [threatening] in their effects; they provided food and money for the poor, fixed problems at city hall, and generally helped immigrants in their adjustment to a new life…” Tindall and Shi, “City Politics” America, A Narrative History, 1999 According to the author, What new form of politics was created in the cities?