In 1942, Fiorello LaGuardia, the mayor of New York City, used a sledgehammer to smash a pinball machine. The
gesture represented the mayor's effort to make pinball
machines illegal across the city, as he commanded the city's
police officers to seize the "pointless" games that attracted
too many children.
Choose the statement that provides an effective transition
from this paragraph to Marco's next paragraph on the topic.

this means that germany had to pay the allied countries. reparations are/is essentially payment for something that they have done wrong, so after ww1, germany was forced to pay reparations so they could replenish the allied countries resources' that they had lost during the war.

the right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.  " the  participant in european imperialism is being described below is that  their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful. 

how did the pendleton civil service act weaken the spoils system after president garfield died?

the act forced federal employees to pass competitive exams.

the act said that federal employees could be fired for political reasons.

the act said that company contracts and kickbacks were illegal.

the act stopped the reform movement in its tracks.