Political+Cartoons

Political cartoons are excellent ways for people to get their point across. Humor, substance, and a bit of wit is necessary for political cartoons to be effective. You find political cartoons in every newspaper (and on the state test!) so you have to be ready.


 * What is the picture above for/against?
 * What group of people is being represented in the picture?
 * What are some negative effects of a saloon?


 * What group of people are being represented in the above picture?
 * What is the name of the establishments they are currently living in?


 * Who is the man in the above picture? What hints give him away?
 * What does this man want?
 * Why is he holding hands with a bear???


 * Who is the man carving the turkey? What hints give him away?
 * What event in history is being portrayed above?
 * Who is Teddy Roosevelt (seated) "feeding"?


 * What foreign policy is being referenced above?
 * Whom is the United States trying to keep out of countries like Santo Domingo?
 * Who is the "captain" of this policy?


 * Why are the monopolists so big? What does "fat" represent in political cartoons?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Is the cartoonist for/against monopolists?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Who should the Senate be run by?


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Who is the man seated talking to the "child"? Who is the "child"?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">What are all the stockings representing?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">What time period is being portrayed in the cartoon above?


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">What is happening in the above cartoon?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">What is a key word on the fence to show you that a specific event is happening?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Who is the man that is screaming?


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Who are the two men on top of the box?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">What is in the box?


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">What does the YWCA stand for?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Why are women being represented in the picture? What are the importance of women during WWI?


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">What are victory bonds?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">How do victory bonds work?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Why did the cartoonist choose to have a young, child-like girl asking her father to buy a victory bond?


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">What is trying to be stopped here?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">How can victory bonds stop it?