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 * Bridgette & Isabella**

This cartoon shows a drawing of Andrew Carnegie. He created a huge monopoly in the late 1800's. He founded many institutes and funded many buildings. Many of the buildings he funded were libraries. This shows Andrew Carnegie building the blocks of the word 'library', which is what he did in his life, creating many libraries.

J.P. Morgan was a financier who bought out a lot of companies. Morgan helped out the Government and bought $260 million in bonds at one point and it is said that Morgan's power did not lie in his millions but the billions he controlled. This cartoon shows how much he was worth and the man throwing "profits" into his mouth shows all that he earned and how "big" his wealth got. The factory behind him is a symbol of the type and number of companies he took over.

Cornelius Vanderbilt was the wealthiest man in the United States and one of the greatest nineteenth century railroad barons. Vanderbilt soon became aware that railroads were the growth in transportation, not water. Vanderbilt started buying railroads and expanding the railroad business. In this cartoon, Vanderbilts two trains, much larger and faster than the other train, show the power he had over the railroad industry. Since they are racing, it symbolizes how the railroad lines he doesn't own are competing with Vanderbilt trying to beat him out.

Social Darwinism is the idea that people with more wealth and bigger companies survive over the people and companies who have less. This political cartoon shows the megacorporation powering over labor workers. The megacorporation has much more power in this picture with their freedom of speech projecting much louder than the labor workers.

John D. Rockefeller created one of the biggest monopolies in the oil industry. This cartoon shows Rockefeller sitting on a barrel of oil, his industry, with the world in his hands. The world represents how much power he had. The crown on his head helps to emphasize his power as being the "king" of oil and the money bags laying around him shows how much he was worth.



William Tweed, better known as 'Boss' Tweed, was a huge landowner and very powerful man in New York in the 19th century. He was a democrat and fought many political battles in New York. He was big on rights for immigrants and the homeless. This cartoon displays his power over the people of New York and their votes to elect him to the U.S. Senate. He was later involved in a scandal and taken to prison.

In this cartoon George W. Bush is welcoming Barrack Obama to his presidency. Bush is offering to give Obama advice of what not to do while n office. Behind Bush is the Iraq war and the falling economy. Both these represent the major events that occured while Bush was in his presidency and the mistakes he is willing to tell Barrack to avoid.



In this cartoon, it displays the supposed affects of global warming. Some scientists are denying global warming; this shows how hard it is for them to keep denying it. Behind the scientists are a display of polar animals at a beach.

In this cartoon it is displaying the effect and emotions people are having on gas prices. As the prices keep rising, the people get more frustrated. The prices of gas are effecting our economy and the rise is aggravating people as expressed in this cartoon.