As industrialization spread in the late 1800s, American businesses grew in size and complexity. A few businesses, such as
John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company, became giants. Rockefeller worked to control all aspects of oil production. Standard Oil drove rivals out of business and dominated the U.S. oil industry. Critics were alarmed at the wealthand power the company possessed. The cartoon below appeared in Puck magazine on September 7, 1904
Please answer the following questions!
1. Why do you think the cartoonist used an octopus to represent Standard Oil?
3. How do you think the artist wanted people to react to this cartoon?
Bosses of the Senate
This frequently reproduced cartoon, long a staple of textbooks and studies of Congress, depicts corporate interests–from steel, copper, oil, iron, sugar, tin, and coal to paper bags, envelopes, and salt–as giant money bags looming over the tiny senators at their desks in the Chamber. Joseph Keppler drew the cartoon, which appeared in Puck on January 23, 1889, showing a door to the gallery, the "people’s entrance," bolted and barred. The galleries stand empty while the special interests have floor privileges, operating below the motto: "This is the Senate of the Monopolists by the Monopolists and for the Monopolists!"
Keppler’s cartoon reflected the phenomenal growth of American industry in the 1880s, but also the disturbing trend toward concentration of industry to the point of monopoly, and its undue influence on politics. This popular perception contributed to Congress’s passage of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1890.
Interpret the "Bosses of the Senate" cartoon and write a 1 page paper summary. Include text support via book/ internet sources.
1. Why do you think the cartoonist used an octopus to represent Standard Oil?
2. Which buildings is the octopus grabbing? What is the message the cartoonist wants to
convey?3. How do you think the artist wanted people to react to this cartoon?
Bosses of the Senate
This frequently reproduced cartoon, long a staple of textbooks and studies of Congress, depicts corporate interests–from steel, copper, oil, iron, sugar, tin, and coal to paper bags, envelopes, and salt–as giant money bags looming over the tiny senators at their desks in the Chamber. Joseph Keppler drew the cartoon, which appeared in Puck on January 23, 1889, showing a door to the gallery, the "people’s entrance," bolted and barred. The galleries stand empty while the special interests have floor privileges, operating below the motto: "This is the Senate of the Monopolists by the Monopolists and for the Monopolists!"
Keppler’s cartoon reflected the phenomenal growth of American industry in the 1880s, but also the disturbing trend toward concentration of industry to the point of monopoly, and its undue influence on politics. This popular perception contributed to Congress’s passage of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1890.
Interpret the "Bosses of the Senate" cartoon and write a 1 page paper summary. Include text support via book/ internet sources.
Political Cartoon
1. What image suggest Rockefeller's wealth and power?
2. how does this depiction of Rockefeller contrast with his position as a generous philanthropist?
See page 469 in the text
which buildings is the octopus grabbing?what is the message the cartoonist wants to convey? what is the answers for that question
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