History of the United States II / Unit 4 USH2 0469 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Boss Tweed
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The idea
William Tweed was the political boss of New York City in the late eighteen sixties, controlling its mayor and demanding kickbacks for city contracts.
In practice
The New York County Courthouse, costing many times what it should have.
Where people slip
In July eighteen seventy-one documents given to the New York Times exposed the Tweed Ring, and Thomas Nast's cartoons fed the outcry.
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