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John And Ben **Boss Tweed** is pictured here arresting two boys for thievery. This shows he was a bad man because he embezzled a lot of money in his time, and bribed a paper millions of dollars not to publish the story, yet is arresting the boys for something that is probably petty theft. He is wearing black and white stripes, signifying he is a dirty crook. He was important in the time period we are studying because he was a New York senator in the year 1856 and in 1871 due to him, a large sum or New York money was going to charity. He made huge contributions to poor people and immigrants new to the New York City area, despite his crimes he was very important to the time period. **Thomas Nast** was a political cartoonist in the late 1800's. He drew many famous political cartoons of other major figures in his time period. This depicts him as an artist, using his paint brush and palette. It was drawn by him, so this shows he saw himself as a great artist and thought his cartoons were masterpieces. He, in this cartoon is drawing a cartoon, showing his significance in the time period. **Andrew Carnegie** was a business man who founded and funded many major steel companies in the U.S. during the late 1800's. He made huge sums of money doing all of this. He made frequent trips back to his homeland (Scotland), and donated large amounts of money and funded universities there. He is shown dropping a lot of money which shows how rich he was. He is standing on a contract that has an amount of money and the name of a Scottish university on it, showing his contribuions. He is wearing a kilt made of the U.S. flag. This most likely represents how he cared more about Scotland than the U.S. and did more for Scotland than the United States.
 * [[image:240px-Morgan,_Sam.jpg width="408" height="258"]]J.P. Morgan** financed and supported many business projects and companies in his time. This depicts him rowing a boat with Uncle Sam (the water is the economy), and he is much larger than Uncle Sam, showing that he did much more for the economy than the Federal Government. It also shows just one oar possibly symbolizing that they were not making much progress, just going in circles, as this would happen if one were to only row on one side of a boat.

**Cornelius Vanderbilt** had very much control over the railroad industry in the late 1800's. He owned large railroad companies such as the Hudson River Railroad and New York Central Railroad. He spent large sums of money trying to buy out the Erie Railroad. The trains represent the "race" for domination in the railroad industry. Vanderbilt is shown riding two trains because he was so powerful at the time. His trains are faster, signifying that he will win the race and probably gain control of the railroad business. **John D. Rockefeller** was one of the first people to make a major business out of oil. This picture shows him holding an oil lamp and a globe because he basically dominated the oil industry so he had prices at his disposal. He created a monopoly out of oil, he had total control over the oil business in the time period and made vast amounts of money from it. He is shown as the "King" of oil in this cartoon, which he basically was back in the late 1800's. In fact, he is part of the reason monopolies are banned today. This cartoon shows Barrack Obama (the current President of the U.S.) and Hilary Clinton. The money around Barrack's head says "Campaign Moolah" and "Twenty Five Million" this shows that he spent much more on campaigning than anyone else. Hilary is saying that it doesn't make him look presidential because he has his face in the bill and he is assuming he is going to win the election. The artist obviously disapproves of the amount of money that Barrack spent campaigning. This depicts a terrorist/pirate, of middle eastern race. The weapons shown are stereotypiocal terrorist/middle eastern weapons. He has an eye-patch and hook hand to eccentuate the pirate aspect of his character. He also has a jolly roger (skull and crossbones flag) to show his piracy aspect. On the wall is a poster with "Cacth of the Day" on it, showing a big cargo ship. Pirates often capture and raid these types of ships. He is reading a news paper with a headline of "Somalian Shipping Times". This most likely means that he is preparing for his next attack on a ship. This comic shows how piracy is coming back to our world in the 21st Century.

This cartoon pictures Obama trying to save the economy. The fire shows that our economy in the U.S. is crashing and burning, and the U.S. needs to be saved. Uncle Sam represents the U.S. in this picture and it shows Obama using huge amounts of money we could be using for other things such as health care, education, etc to bail the economy out. What Uncle Sam is saying is that basically, he shouldn't have been using that money for the bail out and that he could be doing it a better way than he is. Also, even with all of the money used to reach Uncle Sam, he is still out of reach, showing that our economy, (despite all of the money used to try and fix it), is still in bad shape.