1. What is the Cartoon trying to say about Tammany Hall/Boss Tweed?

2. What symbols are used in this cartoon to convey the artist’s message?

3. Is the artist correct in his opinion of Tammany Hall?

The Brains behind the victory…

Cartoons of the Machine

1. What is going on in the top cartoon/bottom cartoon?

2. What is the difference in police action between the two cartoons?

3. What is the message conveyed by this political cartoon?

1. What is the relation if any for the people in the ring?

2. Who is the man in the ring where the pointing eventually stops?

3. What is the point of this cartoon?

Conclusion:

• All of the cartoons were drawn by a man named Thomas Nast.

• What was Thomas Nast’s opinion of Boss Tweed/Tammany Hall?

Response Paragraph:

Were Political Machines ultimately good things or bad?

-What were the positivespositives/who did they help???

-What were the negativesnegatives of political machines???