COMPLAINTS AGAINST

BIG BUSINESS
INSTRUCTIONS

1. In your notes, write down complaints against big

businesses based on the following sources.
2. Complete a political cartoon analysis on any one of the
cartoons. The instructions are on the next slide.
POLITICAL CARTOON ANALYSIS

Pick one of the cartoons to analyze more fully and answer the
following questions:
1. Name of cartoon
2. Images/words in the cartoon
3. Tactics used by the author to get his meaning across.
4. What message is the cartoonist sending? Explain how you know.
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Entrance
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“The Bosses of the Senate”, Joseph Keppler, Puck, Jan. 23, 1889
From right to left: Nail Trust, Steel Beam Trust, Copper Trust, Standard Oil Trust, Iron Trust, Sugar Trust, Tin Trust, Coal, Paper Bag Trust,
Envelope Trust, Salt Trust
J. “THE PROTECTORS OF OUR INDUSTRY”
BY BERNARD GILLAM; PUCK, 1883
I. “NEXT!” BY UDO.T KEPPLER
PUCK, SEPTEMBER, 1904