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Required Bibliography, References and Chicago style
1. Who are the people in the cartoon and why did the artist choose these people?Though business interest generally prevailed in the Gilded Age, various interest groups supported regulation.In this cartoon, a businessman is being tossed around by a "Silverite" ( the man in the red shirt who is supporting free silver) , a Republican ( the beraded man in the frock coat), a Populist (the man in the overalls), and a Democrat the man in checked suit).The Cartoon was obviously designed for people that weren't rich, the people and the middle calss Americans who felt the economic strain of Rockefeller's monopoly would get the full effect of the cartoon.
2. How did Gilded Age presidents use executive power to influence the development of legislation?
3. What is the artist trying to convey by "throwing" the man up in the air?
4. What similarities and differences to modern-day campaign events and symbols does this image represent?
