Chapter 23 - Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

Document #1: Political Cartoons by Thomas Nast about Tammany Hall, and specifically "Boss" Tweed.

     Cartoon #1

     Cartoon #2

     Cartoon #3

     Link to Response Form

Document #2: Account of July 6th "incident" at Homestead, PA by a Reporter for Illustrated American, as published in the July 16, 1892 edition.

     Link to Document #2

     Link to Response Form #2









Document #3:  Speech by Susan B. Anthony after being convicted of voting in the 1872 Presidential Election.

     Link to Document #3

     Link to Response Form

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