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Indeed Nast's blistering criticisms of [[George B. McClellan]] bolstered Lincoln's successful re-election campaign in 1864.<ref name=thoughtcobio/> Nast also opposed the policies of Lincoln's successor, President [[Andrew Johnson]]. During the early [[Reconstruction]] period, his cartoons decried Johnson and the Democratic Party as ruthless racists and exemplified his bitterness towards weak policies against [[the South]].<ref name=britannicabio/>
Indeed Nast's blistering criticisms of [[George B. McClellan]] bolstered Lincoln's successful re-election campaign in 1864.<ref name=thoughtcobio/> Nast also opposed the policies of Lincoln's successor, President [[Andrew Johnson]]. During the early [[Reconstruction]] period, his cartoons decried Johnson and the Democratic Party as ruthless racists and exemplified his bitterness towards weak policies against [[the South]].<ref name=britannicabio/>
[[File:Artoon.jpg|thumb|right|As Nast noted, the Democrats were the party of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].]]
A reoccurring theme in Nast's cartoons were the condemnations of the Democratic Party as a whole for their racism and intolerance, as opposed to only attacking certain factions. In his 1868 publication ''This is a White Man's Government'', Nast showed that the Southern Confederates (symbolized by First [[Ku Klux Klan]] founder [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]]), ballot box stuffers, and Northern Irish Catholics all shared the same advocacy of [[white supremacy]].<ref>[https://hti.osu.edu/opper/lesson-plans/reconstruction/images/this-is-a-white-mans-government This is a White Man's Government]. ''History Teaching Institute''. Retrieved November 13, 2021.</ref>
A reoccurring theme in Nast's cartoons were the condemnations of the Democratic Party as a whole for their racism and intolerance, as opposed to only attacking certain factions. In his 1868 publication ''This is a White Man's Government'', Nast showed that the Southern Confederates (symbolized by First [[Ku Klux Klan]] founder [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]]), ballot box stuffers, and Northern Irish Catholics all shared the same advocacy of [[white supremacy]].<ref>[https://hti.osu.edu/opper/lesson-plans/reconstruction/images/this-is-a-white-mans-government This is a White Man's Government]. ''History Teaching Institute''. Retrieved November 13, 2021.</ref>