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Heather Sherman: Sherman antitrust act and thomas nast + one present day Thomas Nast was the most famous cartoonist of his day. This cartoon is called "milk tickets for Babies, in place of milk." It was created in 1876. Political cartoons were a major form of commentary in late nineteenth-century American life. Should the currency of the United States be based on the gold standard or paper? These debates and conflicts about the nature of money corresponded with equally fundamental, social, and political debates about the nature of citizenship while it applied to the newly emancipated slaves

The Sherman anti-trust act made it legal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries. The national government had taken responsibility to investigate and prosecute monopolies and price-fixing cartels, if necessary. The next century saw great economic expansion and better living standards in the united states. Businesses were doing well for a while. This is a 19th century political cartoon of Rocketfeller called "King of the World," sitting on a barrel of oil.

This present day political cartoon shows how people are struggling to find, and keep their jobs. So many people are getting laid off and have trouble finding new jobs because not a lot of businesses are hiring. As we are still in a recession, people are stressed out and terrified that they might be next to lose their job.

Grace Reichard: Social darwinism, and john rockefeller Rockefeller had to take part in a balancing act so he could manage his reputation as a philanthropist and live the life of a wealthy business man at the same time. This picture shows rockefeller balancing on a tightrope, trying to create a balance between the two.

Opera decided to support Obama during his campaign. This cartoon shows people sarcastically talking about how that influenced them to vote for him, but instead of saying they’re voting for Obama they say they’re voting for opera. This cartoon implies that Opera was the reason some of the people voted for him. Social Darwinism was the belief that the strong and wealthy should be allowed to do well in society, while the weak should be allowed to just die. This image shows social Darwinism because the big corporations and Wall Street are pulling the governments and society’s strings like puppets. It shows that they have gained a lot of power at the expense of the people, just like the rich and powerful did to the weak in social Darwinism.

Emily Tkacik: Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt + one present this photograph shows how the major companies in the railroad business were controlled by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould and Cyrus w. Fields. These men were considered as the giants of the railroad companies. The picture not only shows the men connected to the trains themselves but also the tracks showing that the entire project was under there control. These men controlled the tracks of the union pacific, new york central and lake shore and dependence Andrew Carnegie was a man that was a tight-fisted employer, he reduces wages that he may play philanthropist and give away liberties. this is the caption for the image i have found. Andrew was in the habit of doing this so this cartoon shows how much of a bipolar person he was. at least thats what the cartoon wants you to believe this cartoon is showing how unemployment has effected people of all ages. the old who are let go in place of younger men and women. the young who have yet to get a job history and all in between who are simply trying to find another job after theirs is sent over seas. this is the main concern to the Obama administration who are trying to fix it but are having very little luck.