Primary sources
. "Thomas Nast." Thomas Nast. Ohio State University Libraries, n.d. Web. 17 Oct 2012. <http://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/tweed.htm>.
This source is about Thomas Nast, a famous cartoonist who used his cartooning skills to produce political cartoons to expose the evil deed of Boss Tweed to New York. We used this source through the website when talking about Thomas Nast and the demise of Boss Tweed.
. "American Political Cartoons: an Introduction." American Political Cartoons: an Introduction. Dr. Parker, 12 2000. Web. 19 Oct 2012. <http://www.nvcc.edu/home/adhoward/cartoons.html>.
This source is mostly about the history of political cartoon, how it came to, what it was, and why it is effective. We mainly used this source as content for the “Start of Political Cartoon” section for our website.
Rinehart, Steevie. "American Political Cartoons: an Introduction." American Political Cartoons: an Introduction. University of Phoenix, 02 2010. Web. 23 Oct 2012. <http://www.phoenix.edu/colleges_divisions/humanities/articles/2010/11/the-influence-of-political-cartoons-in-american-presidential-elections.html>.
This source is about the effect of political cartoon on presidential elections. We used this source to show how some presidential elections were greatly affected by the art of political cartoons.
Padgett, Ken. "Boss Tweed The Plundering Politician." . N.p.. Web. 17 Oct 2012. <http://agilewriter.com/Biography/BossTweed.htm>.
This resource is based on Boss Tweed that included: his rise to power, his corruption, and his demise. We used this resources to fill out the “Demise of Boss Tweed” in our website.
This source is about Thomas Nast, a famous cartoonist who used his cartooning skills to produce political cartoons to expose the evil deed of Boss Tweed to New York. We used this source through the website when talking about Thomas Nast and the demise of Boss Tweed.
. "American Political Cartoons: an Introduction." American Political Cartoons: an Introduction. Dr. Parker, 12 2000. Web. 19 Oct 2012. <http://www.nvcc.edu/home/adhoward/cartoons.html>.
This source is mostly about the history of political cartoon, how it came to, what it was, and why it is effective. We mainly used this source as content for the “Start of Political Cartoon” section for our website.
Rinehart, Steevie. "American Political Cartoons: an Introduction." American Political Cartoons: an Introduction. University of Phoenix, 02 2010. Web. 23 Oct 2012. <http://www.phoenix.edu/colleges_divisions/humanities/articles/2010/11/the-influence-of-political-cartoons-in-american-presidential-elections.html>.
This source is about the effect of political cartoon on presidential elections. We used this source to show how some presidential elections were greatly affected by the art of political cartoons.
Padgett, Ken. "Boss Tweed The Plundering Politician." . N.p.. Web. 17 Oct 2012. <http://agilewriter.com/Biography/BossTweed.htm>.
This resource is based on Boss Tweed that included: his rise to power, his corruption, and his demise. We used this resources to fill out the “Demise of Boss Tweed” in our website.
secondary sources
. "A Brief History of Political Cartoons." . N.p.. Web. 19 Oct 2012. <http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma96/puck/part1.html>.
This resource is also an addition to the “American Political Cartoons: an Introduction” to help aid us in finding more content about political cartoons and its past. We used this resources along with the other historic resources to fill out our website.
. "Boss Tweed." NNDB Tracking the entire world. Soylent Communications, n.d. Web. 23 Oct 2012. <http://www.nndb.com/people/924/000116576/>.
This resource is an addition to Padgett Ken’s information on Boss Tweed’s demise. This resource included some more of Tweed’s early life and his actual cause of death as well as the story behind his runaway before death. This resource is also used in the “Demise of Boss Tweed” portion of our website.
. "The Tweed Ring and Machine Politics." AP Study Notes. StudyNotes.org, n.d. Web. 23 Oct 2012. <http://www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/topics/gilded-age-scandal-and-corruption/>.
This resource is an addition to Boss Tweed, it includes information on his “political ring” or the Tamany Ring. We used this resource to add onto the corruption of Boss Tweed as a political machine.
. "Political Cartoons in U.S. History." Library of Congress. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 23 Oct 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/political-cartoons/>.
This resource includes a bunch of political cartoon picture files that we used to decorate throughout our whole website. We used some of the political cartoon images htroughout our whole website as a source of decoration and such.