1. How did Thomas Nast help to bring about Boss Tweed's downfall?
Thomas Nast is highly regarded for putting forth detailed political cartoons, depicting Boss Tweed, which later on led to his downfall. He sought to bring out the corruption that was occurring behind closed doors and showed the flaws within millionaires such as Boss Tweed. The immigrants and less educated were unable to read and by depicting corruption through pictures Boss Tweed could not keep them from learning what was going on. People started to question Tweed's dealings and accosted him about his corruption because of depictions Nast had portrayed. Those realizing his scheming ways began to st
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