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Julia Mayer Sarah Wukitch Kati Yext

Cornelius Vanderbuilt: He built a reliable way for people to get gold and get to the fields in California during the gold rush. He began the construction of the grand central terminal after the panic of 1873 and created many job oppurtunities. This was one of the few railroads that made a profit during the depression. he had the biggest and most successful train company during the depression.

J.P. Morgan: Morgan was a financer and banker. He was big in business and merged several big electric companies to create General Electric. He did the same with steep companies including Carnegie steel company. By doing this he also created the U.S. steel corporation. he was very rich from all of his merging and had it very easy afterwards

Boss Tweed: Boss Tweed stole money, a lot of money, from the city of New York for his own personal gain. He gained control of Tammy Hall witch was the city's major political group. He did this to gain monopolies and corrupt the government police force. he stole money. so he had a lot Thomas Nast: Thomas Nast was a german born, american caricaturist and editorial cartoonist. He was called the "Father of the American Cartoon". The first serious work he did in caricature was the cartoon "Peace," it was against the people in the North who opposed the prosecution of the American Civil War. He was known for drawing battlefields in border and southern states.

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Economy: The economy in the united states is spiralling out of control. It has gotten so bad that the U.S. does not often make their own products instead china does. Many products say "made in china." Sports: Sports are a big part of the U.S. culture. Most people either enjoy watching them or they play sports. This cartoon shows how even the president will make up exuses to be able to watch the game. Andrew Carnegie: Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist who earned his money by being an industrialist, entrepreneur, and a philanthropist. He started to give his money away to libraries, schools, and universities. He also continued to gain money by being a bonds salesman. He continuously made investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, bridges, and oil derricks. He made most of his fortune in the steel industry and he was the one that founded the Carnegie Steel Company.

John D Rockefeller: John Rockefeller was an American industrialist He founded the Standard Oil Company and ran it until he retired many years later. The Standard oil Company started as a partnership with Rockefeller and several different men and when kerosene and gasoline prices startd to rise, Rockefeller started to come into a lot of money. Rockefeller became the richest man in the world. His money had a huge effect on medicine, education, and scientific research. He was also the founder of the University of Chicago and Rockefeller University.

"And you thought Medicaid patients were a hassle." "GOP candidate Sue Lowden's remedy for health care cost? Bring a chicken to barter at your doctors."

Healthcare Policies: Sue Lowden thinks that healthcare problems would go away if we didn't have to deal with insurance companies all the time. The cartoon suggests that if people came to the doctors with money and said they could pay the amount in cash, the doctors would be more than happy to take and be done with it. Sue Lowden thinks that going back to that way would help people with debt and all these problems with healthcare.