Tammany Hall was a powerful political machine that dominated New York City politics at the end of the 1800’s. While analyzing th
e cartoons and quotes within the packet you will uncover the story of Tammany Hall while identifying the positives and negatives of the political machines. This assignment is worth 20 points, 1 point for each question and 5 points for your reflection paragraph. Terms and Notes to remember: Political Machines: An organized group that controls a political party in a city Tammany Hall: The political machine of New York Machines were successful because even though they cheated voters, they often provided assistance to newly-arrived immigrants in exchange for their votes. Part A: Thomas Nast Cartoons. Analyze the cartoons and answer the questions below. Cartoon 1: "The Brains"
The cartoon makes caricature of Tammany Hall's claim of fighting for the impoverished New Yorkers while the organization itself was corrupt and plundered New york city's wealth, 'Boss' William Tweed embezzled 200 million dollars.
The close alliance with Democratic Party did not save Tweed from going to jail.
The period of competition for authority ended in late October 1917, when Bolsheviks routed the ministers of the Provisional Government in the events known as the October Revolution, and placed power in the hands of the soviets, or "workers' councils," which they largely controlled
In the 1960s this was very much 'talk and chalk' education, with the teacher at the front of the class and the children sitting at desks facing the board. Reading, writing and arithmetic (the Three 'R's) were very important, as was learning by rote.
