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When Ulysses S. Grant was asked to name the one American civilian who had the most impact on the course ofthe Civil War, he replied: "I think, Thomas Nast. He did as much as any one to preservé the Union and bring the war to an end."
I agree with President Grant, because Nast drew many cartoons influencing how those (especially illiterate, or couldn't speak English) saw the politics of America at the time. He helped people understand what was happening in the South with the KKK and Jim Crow laws, as well as power-hungry politicians like William Tweed in the North.
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On September 23rd, 1871, Nast drew Boss Tweed and his three Tammany Ring' associates - New York Mayor Oakey Hall, Peter Sweeny and Richard Connolly - as a group of vultures on a stormy mountain ledge squatting on a body marked 'New York'. They were shown picking over bones with labels such as 'Rent Payer', 'Liberty', 'Law', 'Tax Payer', 'Justice' and 'Suffrage' and above their heads could be seen a lightning bolt about to start a landslide that would sweep them away.
Tweed would overprice projects he promised to finish for poor immigrant taxpayers, just so he could pocket the money and gain power and control over the immigrants' votes and politics.
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