Boss Tweed & Tammany Hall
Today you will be completing various activities to help you learn about Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall. Complete each activity as instructed and answer the questions on a piece of paper that you will turn in. If you do not finish it in class, it is your responsibility to finish it at home and turn it in later this week.
Task #1: Visit the following website http://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/tweed.htm and read about Boss Tweed, Tammany Hall and Thomas Nast's role in taking down Boss Tweed. Then answer the following questions:
1) Who was Boss Tweed?
2) What was Tammany Hall?
3) How did Tweed use and increase his power?
4) Why was the Tweed Ring successful?
Task #2: Visit the following website (http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3052) and answer these questions:
1) How did Boss Tweed gain funds (money)?
2) Give at least 2 examples of corruption and the wasteful spending of money associated with the building of the New York City Courthouse?
3) Is this kind of corruption possible in city government today? Why or why not?
1) Who was Boss Tweed?
2) What was Tammany Hall?
3) How did Tweed use and increase his power?
4) Why was the Tweed Ring successful?
Task #2: Visit the following website (http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3052) and answer these questions:
1) How did Boss Tweed gain funds (money)?
2) Give at least 2 examples of corruption and the wasteful spending of money associated with the building of the New York City Courthouse?
3) Is this kind of corruption possible in city government today? Why or why not?
Task # 3: This is a famous cartoon from Thomas Nast. Complete the P (parts) and T (title) portions of OPTIC on this cartoon. Then answer the question:
Source of image: http://graphicwitness.org/group/harper.htm
- What does this tell you about Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall?
- Why did Thomas Nast use a tiger to represent Tammany Hall?
Source of image: http://graphicwitness.org/group/harper.htm
Task #4: Do a google search for additional Boss Tweed cartoons. Choose one and answer the following questions. Provide the URL for the website where you find the cartoon.
1) Describe the image in a few sentences. Give the title if known.
2) Why did you choose this image?
3) What does this image tell you about Boss Tweed and/or Tammany Hall?
4) What is the main idea of the image?
1) Describe the image in a few sentences. Give the title if known.
2) Why did you choose this image?
3) What does this image tell you about Boss Tweed and/or Tammany Hall?
4) What is the main idea of the image?
Task #5: Write a short summary of what you learned about Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall.