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Greg Wilson, Spencer Simon, and Christian Carothers

Social Darwinism This political cartoon was created because of the problem of political darwinism. In the first picture, the more powerful people or the T-rex, dominate the poor which was the problem of social darwinism. Then in the second part the smaller (workers) rebel against the main figure. Then in the last picture the captions explain it and it shows how the lower class become equal to the richer. That's how it relates to social darwinism. In this political cartoon, it shows that Rockefeller's oil dominated everything else. In the political cartoon it is showing how modern day stereotypes terrorism. Obama's middle name is Hussain so they stop to check him and it is ironic because he is the president but with that middle name they stereotype him to being a terrorist or a threat. This is also very true though because there are many cases where there are stereotypes of all terrorists being middle eastern and from poorer countries. The cartoon is joking about Obama's health care plan because of how bad it is for most people. Many people are losing money and can't even afford health care and the poor people are gaining health care so it that's what the joke is basically saying. After dominating the industry, Carnagie donated alot of money to build libraries. This photo shows about how such a powerful man was interested in libraries when he was also so rich and had many other more important to worry about.

The quotation is ironic because it says how he enjoys comnpetition when he monopolized the industry and he had no competition in business what so ever. That's why he is drinking monopoly whiskey because he had monopolized the industry and it's ironic that he would say such a thing. This is a political cartoon of cornelius vanderbilt, he controlled a lot of the the main rail roads. And the two other guys just controlled a smaller part.



Boss Tweed

William M Tweed was a democratic scandalist. by 1870 he led a ring that controlled the new york goverment he became very rich through pocketing tax dollors. by 1871 things started to go down hill they discoved his thefts and he offered new york times 5 million dollors not to publish anything, but they did and in 1873 he was sentenced 12 years of jail.

High gas prices

In 2009 the price of gas was at peck. it hit peak price because the middle eastern countrys knew they dominated the oil market and controlled the prices. so goverment started to find cheaper and more eco friendly resoures for transportation people started to to buy ethonol fuel cars and electric cars. as a result the middle eastern countrys lowered there prices in fear of looseing there business.