Post by brosa on Oct 2, 2013 2:38:01 GMT
The political cartoon provided depicts the Tammany Hall "Tweed Ring." Tammany Hall was a political machine, which are political systems somewhat like organizations that control small governments, such as cities. These political machines can be in power for a very long time and abuse their power most of the time. Now, Tammany Hall was the strongest political machine in New York, which was filled with Democrats. The so called "leader" of this political machine was William "Boss" Tweed. He would bribe people with money to pass the laws that he wanted, and he would do favors for people in order that they would have to repay him.
This is what is pictured in this cartoon because when everyone finds out about what was going on they all started to blame each other, which is why they are all pointing to each other and blaming the closest guy to them. The people who are in this political cartoon are William "Boss" Tweed, Sweeny, Connolly, and Hall in order from left to right. The illustrator is Thomas Nast who is considered to be "the father of the American cartoon." He hated the political machines, especially Tammany Hall and he made numerous cartoons about Tammany Hall ultimately contributing to its downfall. Nast wanted to portray how none of them were trustworthy or could even own up to the amount corruption each of them had caused throughout the city.
This is what is pictured in this cartoon because when everyone finds out about what was going on they all started to blame each other, which is why they are all pointing to each other and blaming the closest guy to them. The people who are in this political cartoon are William "Boss" Tweed, Sweeny, Connolly, and Hall in order from left to right. The illustrator is Thomas Nast who is considered to be "the father of the American cartoon." He hated the political machines, especially Tammany Hall and he made numerous cartoons about Tammany Hall ultimately contributing to its downfall. Nast wanted to portray how none of them were trustworthy or could even own up to the amount corruption each of them had caused throughout the city.