of fraud. When Tweed attempted to escape justice in December 1875 by fleeing to and from there to , officials in , were able to identify the fugitive by using one of Nast's cartoons. Nast believed that the well-organized Irish immigrant communities in had provided the basis for 's popular support. Because of this--along with Nast's and beliefs--Nast often portrayed the Irish immigrant community, and Catholic Church leaders, in an unflattering light. Answer the questions based on the reading above and the political cartoon opposite. What is the source of the cartoon? What is the title of the cartoon? THE TAMMANY TIGER LOOSE What does the Tiger represent? THE TAMMANY HALL RING What is the message of the cartoon? TAMMANY HALL DID NOT ABIDE BY THE LAWS AND REALLY MADE UP THEIR OWN RULES; THEY WERE INVOLVED IN MANY UNETHICAL AND ILLEGAL DEALINGS Why did Thomas Nast want to expose Boss Tweed to the American public? HE WAS SICK AND TIRED OF THE ILLEGAL DEALINGS THAT WERE GOING ON IN NYC. HE ALSO WANTED TO HELP SAVE THE CITY FROM CORRUPTION. Why was Thomas Nast more successful in exposing Boss Tweed with his cartoons than an author who wrote a book? NOT EVERYONE COULD READ (THEY DIDN’T GO TO SCHOOL), BUT THEY COULD LOOK AT A CARTOON AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS SAYING. DOCUMENT 3: EXCERPT FROM THE JUNGLE, by Upton Sinclair: For they had set him to cleaning out the traps; and the family sat round and listened in wonder while he told them what that meant. It seemed that he was working in the room where the men prepared the beef for canning, and the beef had lain in vats full of chemicals, and men with great forks speared it out and dumped it into trucks, to be taken to the cooking room. When they had speared out all they could reach, they emptied the vat on the floor, and then with shovels scraped up the balance and dumped it into the truck. This floor was filthy, yet they set Antanas with his mop slopping the "pickle" into a hole that connected with a sink, where it was caught and used over again forever; and if that were not enough, there was a trap in the
of fraud. When Tweed attempted to escape justice in December 1875 by fleeing to and from there to , officials in , were able to identify the fugitive by using one of Nast's cartoons. Nast believed that the well-organized Irish immigrant communities in had provided the basis for 's popular support. Because of this--along with Nast's and beliefs--Nast often portrayed the Irish immigrant community, and Catholic Church leaders, in an unflattering light. Answer the questions based on the reading above and the political cartoon opposite. What is the source of the cartoon? What is the title of the cartoon? THE TAMMANY TIGER LOOSE What does the Tiger represent? THE TAMMANY HALL RING What is the message of the cartoon? TAMMANY HALL DID NOT ABIDE BY THE LAWS AND REALLY MADE UP THEIR OWN RULES; THEY WERE INVOLVED IN MANY UNETHICAL AND ILLEGAL DEALINGS Why did Thomas Nast want to expose Boss Tweed to the American public? HE WAS SICK AND TIRED OF THE ILLEGAL DEALINGS THAT WERE GOING ON IN NYC. HE ALSO WANTED TO HELP SAVE THE CITY FROM CORRUPTION. Why was Thomas Nast more successful in exposing Boss Tweed with his cartoons than an author who wrote a book? NOT EVERYONE COULD READ (THEY DIDN’T GO TO SCHOOL), BUT THEY COULD LOOK AT A CARTOON AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS SAYING. DOCUMENT 3: EXCERPT FROM THE JUNGLE, by Upton Sinclair: For they had set him to cleaning out the traps; and the family sat round and listened in wonder while he told them what that meant. It seemed that he was working in the room where the men prepared the beef for canning, and the beef had lain in vats full of chemicals, and men with great forks speared it out and dumped it into trucks, to be taken to the cooking room. When they had speared out all they could reach, they emptied the vat on the floor, and then with shovels scraped up the balance and dumped it into the truck. This floor was filthy, yet they set Antanas with his mop slopping the "pickle" into a hole that connected with a sink, where it was caught and used over again forever; and if that were not enough, there was a trap in the
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