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Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
...orth Carolina Press, 2013), 2-3. [2] Vinson, J. Chal. "Thomas Nast and the American Political Scene." American Quarterly 9, no. 3 (1957): 338 & 340. [3] Thomas Milton Kemnitz, "The Cartoon as a Historical Source." The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 4, no. 1 (1973), 82. [4] Ibid., 92-93. [5] Bill
Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...rtoons, Nast demonstrated the idea that the pope, by having authority over American Catholics, was a threat to the United States government and its people. "The American River Ganges. The priests and the children" https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7357 Another reason for Nast’s anti-Catholic drawings was a fear that Catholics were attacking the public
Mathew Carey
...min Franklin and Benjamin Rush and helped lead to an increased interest in American literature.[6] An even larger impact on the American literary scene was Carey’s book company, which was described as the “greatest publishing and distributing firm in the country.”[7] In addition to publishing American works, Carey was a