Fiona Deans Halloran
Discusses the Work of Thomas Nast
Description
Historian Fiona Deans Halloran discusses Thomas Nast's work during the period of the Tammany Hall scandals in New York.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Who was "Boss Tweed"?
- Why was the medium of cartoons so powerful to communicating information to everyone in New York about corruption?
- Explain how the political cartoons reflect the events of the time period.
Participants
Vocabulary
- Corruption
- Political Cartoon
- Tammany Hall
- Thomas Nast