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Recognizing Stereotypes What stereotype is used with the figure rep- resenting the trusts? Is this a fair stereotype? Can a stereotype be fair?

Recognizing Stereotypes What stereotype is used with the figure rep- resenting the trusts? Is this a fair stereotype? Can a stereotype be fair?

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Copyright by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. INTERPRETING POLITICAL CARTOONS A POPULIST VIEW OF PRESIDENT MCKINLEY The Sherman Antitrust Act was passed in 1890, but it was weak and did little to control trusts. Outrage over the trusts and their political influ- ence grew, partly due to the work of muckraking journalists like Henry Demarest Lloyd. His antitrust book, Wealth Against Commonwealth (1894), influenced many people's thinking about regulation of the trusts. Populists were not heartened by the 1896 election of the pro-business William McKinley. The cartoons below-by Frederick Opper-show how, at this time, satire turned into sarcasm. Directions: Study the cartoons below, and then answer the questions that follow. THE FRUS "If Willie is a good boy, and minds papa and nursie, they will try to let him keep the pretty house until he is eight years old." Library of Congress INTERPRETING POLITICAL CARTOONS Activity 16 "Yes, Willie, that was only one of the common people we ran over back there. He doesn't count." (continued) 31
Transcribed Image Text:Copyright by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. INTERPRETING POLITICAL CARTOONS A POPULIST VIEW OF PRESIDENT MCKINLEY The Sherman Antitrust Act was passed in 1890, but it was weak and did little to control trusts. Outrage over the trusts and their political influ- ence grew, partly due to the work of muckraking journalists like Henry Demarest Lloyd. His antitrust book, Wealth Against Commonwealth (1894), influenced many people's thinking about regulation of the trusts. Populists were not heartened by the 1896 election of the pro-business William McKinley. The cartoons below-by Frederick Opper-show how, at this time, satire turned into sarcasm. Directions: Study the cartoons below, and then answer the questions that follow. THE FRUS "If Willie is a good boy, and minds papa and nursie, they will try to let him keep the pretty house until he is eight years old." Library of Congress INTERPRETING POLITICAL CARTOONS Activity 16 "Yes, Willie, that was only one of the common people we ran over back there. He doesn't count." (continued) 31
ANALYZING THE CARTOONS 1. Who is the nurse in the cartoons? What was his role in the politics of this time? willian Mckinley 2. What makes the depictions of William McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt sarcastic? 3. What does Frederick Opper, the cartoonist, caricature in the Hanna fig- ure, and what does it signify? 4. Explain the age reference in the caption of the left cartoon. CRITICAL THINKING 5. Making Inferences What is Opper's view of McKinley's and Roosevelt's integrity? 6. Recognizing Stereotypes What stereotype is used with the figure rep- resenting the trusts? Is this a fair stereotype? Can a stereotype be fair? 7. Making Comparisons Who controlled politicians in the late 1800s, according to the muckrakers? What might we learn from the politics of the Gilded Age to help us deal with the role of money in the politics of our time? 8. Making Predictions What in these cartoons anticipates two major issues in the early twentieth century? 32 INTERPRETING POLITICAL CARTOONS Copyrigh
Transcribed Image Text:ANALYZING THE CARTOONS 1. Who is the nurse in the cartoons? What was his role in the politics of this time? willian Mckinley 2. What makes the depictions of William McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt sarcastic? 3. What does Frederick Opper, the cartoonist, caricature in the Hanna fig- ure, and what does it signify? 4. Explain the age reference in the caption of the left cartoon. CRITICAL THINKING 5. Making Inferences What is Opper's view of McKinley's and Roosevelt's integrity? 6. Recognizing Stereotypes What stereotype is used with the figure rep- resenting the trusts? Is this a fair stereotype? Can a stereotype be fair? 7. Making Comparisons Who controlled politicians in the late 1800s, according to the muckrakers? What might we learn from the politics of the Gilded Age to help us deal with the role of money in the politics of our time? 8. Making Predictions What in these cartoons anticipates two major issues in the early twentieth century? 32 INTERPRETING POLITICAL CARTOONS Copyrigh
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