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Molly, Joey, Jared

John D. Rockefeller


 * John D. Rockefeller** was the first billionare due to oil. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and loved to help people. He donated money, goods, services, time and effort. In 1870, Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company but gave it up when he officially retired in 1897. Rockefeller is often regarded as the richest person in history. This picture shows Rockefeller with a big hat because he owned many railroads all across the country. Also, he's standing on the Standard Oil Company that he owned, and he is dressed like a prince because he was the richest man in history.

 Cornelius Vanderbilt  Social Darwinism
 * Cornelius Vanderbilt** was an American entrepreneur whose wealth came from railroads. This cartoon shows Vanderbilt talking about the sales industry. It says Anyone got any cables? because the screen shows a drop in the economy and to bring the sales back up you need to jump start the economy, like you would jump start a vehicle. He was the guy who used the railroads to gain money. Meaning when a vehicle stops, you jump start it, you have to jump start the economy to raise the sales.

 Andrew Carnegie
 * Social Darwinism** is the belief of strongest of the fittest applied to the world of business. This cartoon shows a small man being crushed by the laws of the constitution. This is a metaphor for his small business being crushed by other businesses by the capitalistic laws of the U.S. constitution. The objective of this cartoon is to show the harsher side of capitalism, they are trying to drive home the fact that big business will always dominate over the little guy because of the laws we have in place.




 * Andrew Carnegie, born in Scotland, was an American industrialist, businessman, and a major philanthropist. He built Carnegie Steel Company in Pittsburgh, which later became U.S. Steel. Carnegie gave away most of his money to fund libraries, schools, and universities in America and other countries. He is often regarded as the second richest man in history. This picture shows Carnegie spelling out the word library, because he is known for all of the money he donated to libraries worldwide. The other blocks represent universities, railroads, libraries, and schools that he helped out.

Boss Tweed

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**Boss tweed** was a major influence, being the third largest landowner in New York City, most famous for his leadership. This political cartoon shows the power he had over everyone. The quote “what are you going to do about it?” really shows the control that Tweed had over everyone. Seeing as he was high in leadership everyone followed what he had to say.

J.P. Morgan




 * J.P. Morgan** sent the world economy into a new era. He was a business financier and banker and was a major leader in industrial consolidation and corporate finance. He made much of his money by brokering merger deals between companies like Edison General Electric and Thompson-Houston Electric Company, to form General Electric. This cartoon is about how he was able to carry the world's economy on his shoulders.

 Gas prices


 * Gas prices** have raised a large amount over the course of 3 years. The prices have gone up to amounts where people can’t even afford it anymore. This political cartoon shows that the people have bikes because they might not be able to make it home if they don’t have enough gas. It says “.. No it’s not a cycling holiday, but if the price of gas goes any higher…we’ll need a way to get home.” Meaning the bikes would be the only way to get home because they don’t have money to get enough gas.

Hillary Clinton
 * Hillary Clinton**, age 62, is the 67th United States Secretary of State. She was a senator for New York from 2002 to 2009. She gave up being senator to run for presidency against Barack Obama. In 1965, Clinton enrolled at Wellesley College, where she majored in political science. During her freshman year, she served as president of Wellesley Young Republicans, considered Rockefeller Republican group. This picture shows Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama fighting for presidency, with McCain watching and letting them fight it out so he can win and be president.