Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
|Context||Northerners were divided over both President Johnson and Reconstruction.|
|Purpose||To influence public opinion against Johnson|
Thomas Nast, a leading political cartoonist, created this elaborate drawing for the 1866 congressional elections. The central figure, President Andrew Johnson, had been a pro-Union Democrat and Lincoln's vice president. Nast depicted him on a throne flanked by his secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles (as Neptune); secretary of state, William Seward; and Lady Liberty. The figures lined up at the chopping block were radical Republicans who opposed Johnson.