Cartoon Flashcard Cycle Review

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What was the historical context for the creation of the cartoon titled Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Free Soiler?

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The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Free Soiler: The "Free-Soiler" depicted in the cartoon represents which of the following groups? Southern plantation owners, Northern workers supporting the Wilmot Proviso, Settlers opposing slavery’s spread into territories, Advocates for immediate emancipation

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Settlers opposing slavery’s spread into territories

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What was the historical context of this cartoon?

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The Reconstruction Era following the Civil War

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What does the depiction of Carl Schurz as an outsider imply about the cartoon’s intended audience?

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Southern Democrats frustrated by Reconstruction

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Which event most caused the creation of the carpetbagger stereotype? Options: Passage of the Reconstruction Acts, Ratification of the 13th Amendment, Establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau, The Compromise of 1877

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Passage of the Reconstruction Acts

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What is the historical context for the creation of this cartoon? Options: The rise of white supremacist groups during Reconstruction, The abolition of slavery in the South, The economic challenges of the Gilded Age, The expansion of the American frontier

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The rise of white supremacist groups during Reconstruction

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The intended audience for the cartoon "Worse Than Slavery (The Union as It Was)" likely held what belief about the actions of groups like the Ku Klux Klan?

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Outrage at their violent suppression of freedmen

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What is the context for the creation of the Standard Oil Octopus cartoon?

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The rise of industrial monopolies during the Gilded Age

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The point of view of the artist regarding Standard Oil is best described as:

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Critical of the company’s excessive control

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Which government action most directly responded to the concerns depicted in this cartoon? Options: The Sherman Antitrust Act, The Homestead Act, The Dawes Act, The Compromise of 1877

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The Sherman Antitrust Act