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Today Pic 1:



The importance of the cartoon is to understand the state of the time period it was made. This cartoon depicts several things such as the state of the economy and what people worry about. This cartoon shows that people are losing their jobs, have less money to spend, and are plagued by war, famine, and world disasters.

John D. Rockefeller:



The importance of this political cartoon is to show how Rockefeller was a monopoly in the oil industry. It shows that he has the world in his hands, which he does in terms of his oil in America. He ruled the whole world with oil pricing because he owned all the drilling sites and all of the refineries, which represents the crown on his head. The things that he is holding in the picture mock the Statue of Liberty, meaning that people that come into the United States will not get equal opportunities and that the country is ruled by the rich.

Andrew Carnegie:



This political cartoon shows a rough looking Andrew Carnegie slamming his fist down, exclaiming, "Down with the rich!". In the crowd there is a surprised looking John D. Rockefeller, a funny looking J. P. Morgan, and someone named Harriman. The importance of this cartoon is to illustrate Andrew Carnegie's efforts to end the monopoly, thus bringing the rich down.

Boss Tweed:



This shows how he was corrupted in the way he ran most of his many businesses. This also shows how he went through with this process, right under the government's "nose." He was also this way in how he influenced the political decisions.

J.P. Morgan:



This cartoon shows how he invested in the railroads. He then went on to buy most of the railroads, which created a monopoly and penalized the travelers with high rates. He then became very rich and merged the railroads together.

Today Pic 2:



The importance of this political cartoon is to illustrate the flaw in Barrack Obama's plan. By closing jails, criminals will get out into the streets. These criminals would most likely go out and commit more crimes, so without jails anarchy will surely ensue.

Today Pic 3:



This cartoon is ironic about the way the big shots of companies are running them in the United States. They are taking big raises or bonuses while the company is struggling. At the same time they are cutting back jobs to cut costs. What do you think?

Thomas Nast:



This is a political cartoon of Thomas Nast. The importance of this cartoon was to illustrate how Thomas Nast saved the Democrat Party. The donkey in the cartoon is the political symbol of the Democrats. The elephant in the cartoon is dead and symbolizes how he took the Republican Party out of power and replace them with the Democrat Party.

Cornelius Vanderbilt:



This cartoon is about the men racing for more passengers, so they can make more money. That would let the one buy out the other if they became too powerful and create a monopoly. They will race as fast as they can and through anything, like water, to get more passengers and more power.