1. A Satirical View …featuring Thomas Nast
The Gilded Age
A Satirical View
…featuring Thomas Nast
Created by Mr. Steve Hauprich for the acceleration and remediation of US History Students.

2. While it was Mark Twain who coined the phrase
“gilded age” to define the late 19th Century…
it was Thomas Nast who mastered another
genre of satire…helping to bring readers hope
of a better
American
society…

5. Thomas
Nast …
… was
arguably
America’s
greatest
political
cartoonist.

6. Thomas Nast…
was responsible
for exposing
political realities
…such as
Government
fraud, deceit, &
corruption…

7. …it was Nast
who popularized
the use of the
Elephant for the
Republicans
and the Donkey
for Democrats

8. Nast’s portrayals of
…corruption involving
Boss Tweed and his
Tammany Hall
political machine…
…show how
sophisticated
political satire
could motivate
needed reform

11. Tammany Hall
…the NY City
Democratic
Political Machine
…was often
shown as a
Tiger…
…here showing
support for
Grover
Cleveland

13. This Nast cartoon…
…from 1876 shows
concern over the
great political and
economic issue of
Gilded Age…
…what kind of
currency would
benefit the USA
most?

14. Nast opposed
…racism and
hypocrisy
…he was an
important
champion of
people who
were abused
and neglected
at the bottom
of US society

17. Nast gave Americans a cartoon Uncle Sam to
represent the US Government…top hat, tux, tails

18. Thomas Nast
…not only popularized caricatures for political
themes…
…he is given credit for
making the image of
Santa Claus very
recognizable to most
Americans

19. Why would Nast
…make fun of
Mark Twain ?
Was Thomas Nast
…popular regionally
or nationally?
…political or
non-partisan ?

20. Although Thomas Nast fought prejudice against
some groups…this cartoon tells another story…

21. Works Cited http://www.graphicwitness.org/group/nastself.jpg