"Join, or Die" (1754): Represents the The Albany Plan of Union (a rejected plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies at the Albany Congress on July 10, 1754 in Albany, New York), comments on the disunity of the Thirteen Colonies during the French and Indian War, and was later used to encourage the colonies to unite for the cause of independence during the American Revolutionary War. "General Jackson, Slaying the Many Headed Monster" (1836): A satire on Andrew Jackson's campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States and its support among state banks. Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and Jack Downing struggle against a snake with heads representing the states. "The Hercules of the Union" (1861): General Winfield Scott, the Union commander at the beginning of the Civil War, is the mythical Hercules slaying a many-headed dragon. The dragon, or hydra, symbolizes the secession of the Confederate states. The faces on the serpent are of major Confederate leaders. "The Grange Awakening the Sleepers" (1873): A farmer is trying to warn people about a train labeled "consolidation, extortion, and bribery." The cartoon reflects the activism of the Grange, an agricultural advocacy group founded in 1867. The Grange lobbied for political goals, including the Granger Laws to regulate railroad rates and rural free mail delivery. While the Granger Laws had limited effectiveness, they set an important precedent for state and federal regulation of private enterprise. "The Tournament of Today - A Set-To Between Labor and Monopoly" (1883): A medieval-style joust between working people and the industrialists and railroad owners who largely controlled the U.S. economy in the late nineteenth century. Represents the rise of trusts and monopolies. "Looking Backward" (1893): In the 1880s, immigration to the US changed dramatically. Fewer immigrants came from northern and western Europe, while more came from southern and eastern Europe. This shift worried Americans who viewed the new arrivals as inferior. The newcomers were mostly non-Protestant Christians or Jewish, which troubled many Protestant Americans. A cartoon satirically depicts the children of immigrants rejecting new immigrants. "School Begins" (1899): Depicts the general idea of the white US supremacy over the indigenous people of the colonized territories. An essential point in this cartoon is that the indigenous people of the US and black people are left out of the 'schooling process'. This depiction represents the political agenda of that time, which did not include involving them in political and cultural life at all. Can be connected to the Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War. "The Open Door" (1899): Represents the Open Door Policy. The cartoonist's message is that the U.S. opened the doors to China to the other nations across the globe. Can also be interpreted as the U.S is keeping other countries out of China. "The Survival of the Fittest" (1900): Represents the passage of the Gold Standard Act, which defined the United States dollar by gold weight and required the Treasury to redeem paper currency in gold coin only. "We Can't Digest the Scum" (1919): After World War I, the U.S. experienced an economic recession and labor strikes. The Russian Revolution fueled a "red scare," causing fear of radical immigrants and home-grown revolutionaries. Concerns arose about immigrant assimilation, contradicting the idea of the "melting pot." "Married Again" (1928): Comments on the likely success of the Kellogg-Briand Anti-war Pact, which ultimately proved ineffective in preventing war without enforcement and with undefined legal terms. 1935, The New Deal "remedies" are the New Deal agencies Roosevelt created. Image 13 Image 14 Image 15 Image 16 Image 17 Image 18 Image 19 Image 20 Image 21 Image 22 Image 23 Image 24 Image 25 Image 26 Image 27 Image 28 Image 29 Image 30 Image 31 Image 32 Image 33 Image 34 Image 35 Image 36 Image 37 Image 38 Image 39 Image 40
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