Analyzing Political Cartoons

The two ships symbolize...

• immigrants

• Americans

• garbage

According to the cartoonist, immigrants are:

• welcomed to America

• not welcomed to America

The most accurate inference one can make from this cartoon is:

• The Statue of Liberty is trying to burn the Treasury building

• Many Americans are unhappy about the arrival of so many immigrants

• the treasury department is trying to close the port of New York to immigrants

This cartoonist probably

• wants more immigrants to come to the U.S.

• doesn't want immigrants to come to the U.S.

• doesn't care either way.

The person coming off the ship is probably:

• an immigrant

• a businessman

• a politician

The shadows behind the people on the dock represent:

• Big business

• the businessmen's immigrant ancestors

• socialists and anarchists

The most accurate inference one can make from this cartoon is:

• that immigrants are welcome in America

• that businessmen need immigrants to work for them

• that many Americans had forgotten that their families had once been new immigrants, too

According to this cartoon:

• immigrants are welcomed by many Americans

• immigrants are not welcomed by many Americans

This cartoonist probably:

• wants more immigrants to come to the U.S.

• doesn't want immigrants to come to the U.S.

• doesn't care either way