Question

The political cartoon below was created by Thomas Nast in the 1870s:

Answer 1

Money can buy political power

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) money can build political power.

The message of this political cartoon is money can build political power.

That was the case in the United States with what was known as political machines. Political machines as Tammany Hall, that gave a lot of money to government officials to influence them with the political machine agendas. That was the case of William Tweed.

Thomas Nast is considered the father of political cartoons in the United States. During 1860 and 1880 he popularized political cartoons in "Harpers Magazine."