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  Maggie Griffin, Erin Schantzenbach, and Kyle Shrimpe

 This comic is about earth day. The earth is on fire because the earth is getting warmer because of global warming. The earth also has bandages on it because of the wholes in the ozone layer. It is also shown angry because how we are damaging the earth.  This comic is about someone who is voting. In this comic a guy is giving a woman a coin to flip to decide who she is going to vote for. This comic is saying that most Americans do think about who they are voting for they just choose a random person. This is a comic of a farmer that is celebrating earth day. But as he is hanging a banner to show he is celebrating there is no other tree to hang the banner to. This shows that most Americans try to have an environmentally friendly lifestyle on earth day they don't every other day.  Cornelius Vanderbilt This comic shows Cornelius Vanderbilt on top of two trains. He was a wealthy entrepreneur who made his wealth through shipping and railroads. The other man on the Erie railroad train is James Fisk. This picture shows the rivalry between these two men and there railroad companies.

J.P. Morgan  This is a picture of J.P. Morgan. He was an American financer and banker. He has finance several major companies such as General electric. This picture makes fun of him dressed in a suit like a stuck up business man.

Boss Tweed  This picture is of Boss Tweed. He was the third largest land owner in New York, at one point. this picture shows being treated good by all the townspeople and the lower class people being beaten.

Social Darwinism  This comic is used because it's making fun of democrats. It is also saying that they'll come to the convention because there's free stuff, and with that, they're trying to say that democrats are very cheap too.

Sherman Antitrust Act This cartoon was used because it's talking about illeagal monopoly's. These people have lost their jobs and in order to make money they have decided to have the older couple join with them in an illeagal monopoly.

Thomas Nast This is a cartoon of Thomas Nast. It is used because before he ran for office, he drew cartoons and caricatures of political issues for the London News. He also drew cartoons for Harpers weekly during the Civil War, he was mostly known for drawing battle fields and southern states.