BOSS TWEED, POLITICAL CARTOONS, SPOILS SYSTEM

Political Corruption

Boss Tweed- Tammany Ring

William Marcy “Boss Tweed” New York City Politician

Tammany Hall Democratic Political

machineThird Largest

Landowner in New York

Stole as much as $200 million from tax payers

Political Corruption

Politicians take bribes and kick backs for city contracts.

Politicians in the Senate represent big businesses.

Spoils System

Stuffing the Ballot Box

Thomas Nast

Political cartoonist that published cartoons to expose illegal activities.

Helped to bring down Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.

Published in Harpers Weekly

Analyze Thomas Nast Cartoons

Small Groups

List the objects or people you see in the cartoon.

Identify the cartoon caption and/or title.Record any important dates or numbers that

appear in the cartoon.Describe the action taking place in the

cartoon. Explain the message of the cartoon.

Thomas Nast Cartoons

Create your own political cartoon

Go to www.ToonDoo.comChoose a historical topic

Reconstruction Sharecroppers Bad President Andrew Johnson

Big Business Mean Carnegie or Rockefeller

Immigration Natives

Native American Indians Pushed out by white settlers

Boss Tweed Political corruption