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The Tweed ring scandal was started in 1870 new york Boss tweed employed bribery, graft and fraud elections to milk the metropolis of as much as 200 million. New york times found damming evidence and Published it in 1871 Thomas Nast made Cartoons incriminating Tweed mercilessly. Tweed was tride and sent to jail to die behind bars

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The Tweed Ring scandal involved William Tweed. He and his associates used embezzlement and bribery to steal the New York City budget.

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The Tweed Ring was a corrupt city government in New York City in the 1860s and 1870s. "Boss" Tweed was the leader until he was driven out of office.

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