Group+8

Kelli Krupa, Tessa Ellis, Julie Bejoint

Kelli: John D. Rockefeller This cartoon is showing how John D. Rockefeller was the "king" of the oil industry. He founded the Standard Oil company, which basically had control over any other U.S. oil industries in existence. His crown is showing the railroad lines on the bottom. Then above that, the oil, which was needed to run the railroad, and last above that a money sign, which was needed to buy oil to run the railroads. This cartoon is significant to the time period we are learning about because John D. Rockefeller was a major industrial leader of that time.

Andrew Carnegie This cartoon is showing how Andrew Carnegie played a double role. On one hand he wouldn't pay his employees very much money, while on the other hand he did good things for the country, such as establishing libraries. This cartoon shows both of his roles, one side not paying his employee, and the other side giving out money and a library. This cartoon is significant to what we are learning about in class because it shows one of the major industrial leaders of his time and how he ran his business.

Present Day This cartoon is implying that when we were young our teachers always told us that we would go to school and be able to get a job to live a good life. In this cartoon the man is saying that he wishes his third grade teacher were here to see him unemployed without a job to show her what really happened to him. The woman behind him actually turns out to be his 3rd grade teacher, who is also unemployed.

Tessa: Cornelius Vanderbuilt This cartoon is saying that Cornelius had power over the Hudson River railroad, and the New York Central railroad, and James Fisk had some power over the Erie Railroad. Cornelius is on the left and James Fisk Jr. on the right. This is significant to what we are learning because we are learning about the railroads and how they came to be.

J.P Morgan

This cartoon is saying that J.P Morgan was a huge business leader. He became a major leader of the steel industry. To become such a huge leader he merged the Carnegie Steel Company and several other steel and iron businesses to form the United States Steel Corporation. Its significant to what we are studying in class because we are learning about how the United States became developed and J.P morgan was a part of that.



This cartoon is explaining the current jobs losses. The job losses are causes people to leave there homes because they arent able to maintain a house because if you dont have a job that means no income. The signs on the road are increasing because to find a job is very hard so you have to keep going further and further to find one.

Julie: This cartoon shows Obama's plan for health care. The truck crashing represents Obama making the wrong decision and the man represents all americans because they will have to pay the consequences but will not be able to realize it until something happens (the man crashes on the ground)

Social Darwinism: . This cartoon shows social darwinism, the belief that the strongest or fittest should survive and flourish in society. The yellow cat is able to open his own can of food because of evolution that has brought him a can opener instead of a paw which makes him stronger and more able to survive on its own, compared to the blue cat who will die without food

Sherman Antitrust Act: . This cartoon shows a big company that takes control of other smaller companies to be able to eliminate competition and raise their prices. Here, standard oil co. takes over saving banks, boats, employees, railroads etc. The Sherman Antitrust Act wants to stop the big companies from buying the smaller ones and increase the prices.