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WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IMAGE?
IN THE CASE OF A CARTOON, WHAT ARE THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS BEING MADE BY THE CARTOONIST?
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WEEK
OF 25 JANUARY |
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Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening |
This cartoon appeared in the
Massachusetts Centinel on 30 January of 1790. It shows a
hand helping to raise the Massachusetts pillar to an upright
position. The Centinel favored the new Constitution.
Shown in position "having already ratified the new
document" are pillars representing the states of Delaware,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut.
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OF 1 FEBRUARY |
WEEK
OF 8 FEBRUARY |
The series of events surrounding the Embargo Act of 1807 was ridiculed in the press as Dambargo, Mob-Rage, Go-bar-'em or O-grab-me ('Embargo' spelled backward); this cartoon ridiculed the Act as a snapping turtle, dubbed 'Ograbme', grabbing at American shipping.
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By an unknown artist, 1832
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
After his unprecedented veto of the Bank bill, President Andrew Jackson's opponents accused him of abusing his Presidential powers. This cartoon depicted him as a tyrannical king, trampling on the Constitution. |
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OF 15 FEBRUARY |
WEEK
OF 22 FEBRUARY |
THE 19TH CENTURY
AMERICAN VIEW OF PROGRESS
THE IMAGE HERE IS A FAMOUS ONE FROM OUR HISTORY. PAINTED BY JOHN GAST (c. 1872), IT IS CALLED “AMERICAN PROGRESS” AND IS AN ALLEGORICAL REPRESENTATION OF MANIFEST DESTINY. COLUMBIA (personification of the United States), LEADS THE AMERICAN SETTLERS WESTWARD, STRINGING TELEGRAPH WIRE AS SHE TRAVELS. SHE IS ALSO HOLDING A SCHOOL BOOK. THE PAINTING HIGHLIGHTS THE VARIOUS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES OF THE PIONEERS, AS WELL AS THE CHANGING FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION. AS YOU WILL NOTICE ON THE LEFT, THE AMERICAN INDIANS AND WILD ANIMALS ARE FLEEING.
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The handbill you’re seeing here was posted in Boston, Massachusetts and illustrates the opposition in the north to the Fugitive Slave Acts. Wisconsin has a rich history in this regard illustrated in the fascinating story of Joshua Glover.
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This handbill urges opponents of abolitionists to obstruct an anti-slavery meeting demonstrates the depth of pro-slavery feeling. Although the handbill advocates peaceful means, violence sometimes erupted between the two factions.
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Fugitive Slave Acts were statutes passed by Congress in 1793 and
1850 (and repealed in 1864) that provided for the seizure and
return of runaway slaves who escaped from one state into
another or into a federal territory. The 1793 law enforced Article
IV, Section 2, of the U.S.
Constitution in authorizing any federal district judge or circuit court judge, or any state magistrate, to decide finally and without a
jury trial the status of an alleged fugitive slave.
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OF 1 MARCH |
WEEK
OF 8 MARCH |
Lincoln faced severe criticisms
in England during the war. This cartoon appeared in August
of 1862 in the London Punch newspaper. We will look at it in
more detail in class. |
In this pro-Republican
cartoon, "Dr. Congress", with the aid of Mrs.
Columbia, is trying to give the South a good dose of
Reconstruction medicine, but bad boy President Johnson is
urging resistance (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1867)
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OF 15 MARCH |
WEEK
OF 22 MARCH |
"The World's
Constable"
T.R. was the absolute favorite of the political cartoonists of his
day. What is the main message of this cartoon? |
We will be analyzing America's
entry into the Great War this week. What message is the
cartoonist presenting here? How are the French people
reacting to the American "doughboy?" |
| WEEK
OF 29 MARCH |
WEEK
OF 5 APRIL |
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Theodore
Geisl (aka Dr. Seuss) first because famous during WW2 with
propaganda-laden cartoons in support of the war effort. he
was not fan of the America Firsters! |
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OF 12 APRIL |
WEEK
OF 19 APRIL |
This
is a Herb Block cartoon from May of 1970. The reference is
to the fact that even though President Nixon talked of getting out
of Vietnam, we continued to escalate our involvement. |
After
his reelection in 1936, and as a reaction to opposition he was
getting from the Supreme Court, FDR attempted to "pack"
the Court by enlarging it (by 6 judges) and then appointing
justices who would agree with his approach. This cartoon is
a commentary on the Roosevelt "court-packing"
episode. |
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OF 26 APRIL |
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OF 3 MAY |
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OF 10 MAY |
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OF 17 MAY |
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