Name:
Period:
1920’s Political Cartoons
Cartoon A:
1. What does the man wearing the hat represent? The man with the pigtail? The man
being eaten?
2. What is the great fear that the artist refers to in the caption? How does the cartoon
represent the fear?
3. What does the artist see as the end result of the fear? How does the cartoon depict that
end result?
4. What is the artist’s attitude towards immigrants? Explain.
Cartoon B:
1. What is happening in this cartoon?
2. Whom do the bandits represent?
3. What is Uncle Sam’s reaction to what is happening?
4. What is the artist’s attitude toward immigrants? Explain.
Cartoon C:
1. What are the ships dumping on the Statue of Liberty’s island?
2. What is the statue thinking? Why?
3. What is ironic, perhaps even hypocritical, about the statue’s reaction?
4. What is the artist’s attitude towards immigrants? Explain?
Cartoon D:
1. What is happening in this cartoon?
2. The Sign above Uncle Sam reads: “U.S. Ark of Refuge.” What is Uncle Sam offering the
immigrants? Why?
3. What might the figures in the clouds in the upper right represent?
4. What is the artist’s attitude toward immigrants? Explain?
Cartoon E:
1. What is happening in this cartoon?
2. Who is parting the waters? Describe his facial features. What Biblical figure does he
represent?
3. Who do the people walking between the waves represent? What do the waters
represent?
4. How is Europe represented? The United States? Why?
5. What is the artist’s attitude toward immigrants? Explain.