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American Progress
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| Title: | American Progress |
| Artist: | John Gast |
| Created: | 1872 |
| Caption: | In this painting, American pioneers expand westward, bringing with them new technologies and driving out the previous inhabitants, the Native Americans and bison. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
An Available Candidate
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| Title: | An Available Candidate |
| Subtitle: | The One Qualification for a Whig President |
| Artist: | Nathaniel Currier |
| Created: | 1848 |
| Caption: | An officer, either Zachary Taylor or Winfield Scott, wields a bloody sword atop a mountain of skulls. The cartoon is critical of the support both men received by the Whig Party for candidacy in the upcoming Presidential election after the actions in the Mexican-American War. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Houston, Santa Anna, and Cos
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| Title: | Houston, Santa Anna, and Cos |
| Artist: | Henry R. Robinson |
| Created: | 1850 |
| Caption: | In this cartoon, Mexican commanders Generals Santa Anna and Martin Perfecto de Cos surrender to American leader Sam Houston. Both beg for mercy, declaring "Me no Alamo!!" Houston, however, responds by saying "You are two bloody villains, and to treat you as you deserve, I ought to have you shot as an example! Remember the Alamo and Fannin!" Houston is referring to the Mexican massacre of Texans at the Alamo and at Goliad, clearly retaining bitterness over the acts. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
King Andrew the First
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| Title: | King Andrew the First |
| Created: | c. 1833 |
| Caption: | This cartoon criticizes President Andrew Jackson for his attempts to "kill" the Bank of the United States. Jackson is depicted as a King, holding a veto in his hand and standing on the United States Constitution. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The People's Line
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| Title: | The People's Line |
| Subtitle: | Take Care of the Locomotive |
| Artist: | Huestis & Co., Robert Elton (most likely) |
| Created: | 1840 |
| Caption: | Presidential incumbent Martin van Buren faced the Whig candidate William Henry Harrison in the 1840 election. In this cartoon, van Buren is derailed by a pile of "Clay" and Harrison's Whig locomotive, containing his popular symbols: hard cider and a log cabin. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
The Times
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| Title: | The Times |
| Artist: | Henry R. Robinson |
| Created: | 1837 |
| Caption: | This cartoon criticizes President Andrew Jackson's Species Circular. This act led to the Panic of 1837 under his successor Martin van Buren. The cartoon contains many images of how the American people were negatively impacted by the financial panic. Among other things, notice the idle people in the foreground, the line to sell possessions at the Pawn Shop, the empty Custom House which demands business in specie, and the busted balloon flying overhead, entitled “safety fund.” |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
