USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He portrayed public support for religious education as a threat to democratic government. The authoritarian papacy in Rome, ignorant Irish Americans, and corrupt politicians at Tammany Hall figured prominently in his work.

Detailed explanation-2: -German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America some of its most enduring symbols: the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper’s Weekly, the celebrated Nast drew thousands of cartoons during the second half of the nineteenth century.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most successful and renowned nineteenth-century American political cartoonist was German immigrant Thomas Nast.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nast’s drawings reflected his staunch support of the Union, and his liberal, progressive Republican views. Thomas Nast satirized the major political issues of his era: slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and political corruption.