The 1812 Boston Gazette cartoon "The Gerry-Mander" turns a redrawn Massachusetts senate district into a monster with wings, claws, and a head. What does the monster stand for?

In Keppler's 1889 Puck cartoon "The Bosses of the Senate," huge moneybags in top hats crowd the Senate floor while the "People's Entrance" is shut. Whom does it attack?

Nast's 1871 Tweed Ring cartoon is captioned "Who stole the people's money? Do tell. N.Y. Times. 'Twas him." Each man points to the next. What does the pointing mean?

Nast's 1874 "The Third-Term Panic" shows a donkey in a lion skin frightening animals while an elephant labeled "THE REPUBLICAN VOTE" stumbles toward a pit. What position does it argue?

In Udo Keppler's 1904 Puck cartoon "Next!," a "Standard Oil" tank is drawn as an octopus with tentacles around industries, a state house, the Capitol, and the White House. What does it symbolize?

In Dalrymple's 1899 Puck cartoon "School Begins," Uncle Sam tells pupils labeled "Cuba," "Porto Rico," "Hawaii," and "Philippines," "you've got to learn these lessons whether you want to or not!" What does the caption mean?

Hy Mayer's 1915 Puck cartoon "The Awakening" shows a torch-bearing woman labeled "Votes for Women" striding from western states toward women reaching from the East. What does she stand for?

A cartoon captioned "JUST LIKE JOAN OF ARC: The Anti-Suffragist Has a 'Vision' of Her Duty" shows a man whose coat reads "CORRUPT POLITICS" handing a sword lettered "WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE HOME" to a woman in an "ANTI-SUFFRAGIST" apron. What is the point?

Gustin's 1909 "Election Day!" shows a woman leaving to vote while her panicked husband handles crying children under a "Votes for Women" sign. What does the cartoon attack?

Nast's 1871 "A group of vultures waiting for the storm to 'Blow Over'--'Let Us Prey'" shows vultures with human faces above the picked-over remains of New York City. Whom does it attack?

Nast's 1871 "The 'BRAINS'" shows Boss Tweed with a money-bag face and a $15,500 diamond stickpin. What does the money-bag face stand for?

In "The Tammany Tiger Loose," a tiger with a collar marked "Americus" mauls Columbia in an arena while Tweed watches above. What does the tiger stand for?

Nast's 1876 cartoon shows a Black man over his dead family among ruins lettered "SCHOOL," "CHURCH" and "HOMES." Its caption asks, "IS THIS A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT? ... IS THIS THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS?" What does the caption do?

In Nast's 1871 "The Chinese Question," Columbia protects a Chinese man and says, "Hands off, gentlemen! America means fair play for all men." What position does the drawing argue?

Nast's 1868 cartoon titled "This is a white man's government" shows labeled figures with weapons standing over a Black Union soldier as schools burn behind them. Whom does it attack?

In Nast's 1874 "The Union as it was," a man labeled "White League" shakes hands with a Ku Klux Klan member over a shield showing a harmed Black family. What is the target?

Keppler's 1880 "Welcome to all!" shows Uncle Sam on a "U.S. Ark of Refuge" welcoming immigrants while a cloud labeled "War" hangs behind them. What position does it argue?

Raven-Hill's 1919 "The Gap in the Bridge" shows a League of Nations bridge missing its "USA" keystone while Uncle Sam sits nearby. What does the missing stone stand for?

Gillam's 1883 "The protectors of our industries" shows Field, Gould, Vanderbilt, and Sage sitting on bags of "millions" while workers carry the raft. What position does it argue?

In Hamilton's 1891 "Where the blame lies," immigrants are labeled "German socialist," "Russian anarchist," "Italian brigand," and more as Uncle Sam is warned to restrict immigration. Whom does it blame?

Judge's 1900 "Take your choice of the two bills!" shows a McKinley dollar "worth one dollar in gold" beside a Bryan dollar "worth 53 cents only--free silver." What position does it argue?

In Keppler's 1900 "A hard game of 'follow your leader,'" Bryan leads a donkey labeled "Dem" loaded with "Democratic Platform," "Free silver," "Anti-expansion," and "Populism." What does the donkey symbolize?

In Puck's 1906 "Awaiting the 'third party,'" a Democratic donkey and Republican elephant sit as a stork approaches. The caption asks, "Will it be an elephass or a jackaphant?" What does it mean?

In Dalrymple's "School Begins," pupils labeled "Cuba," "Porto Rico," "Hawaii," and "Philippines" sit before Uncle Sam as teacher. What do the pupils stand for?

Nast's 1869 cartoon "UNCLE SAM'S THANKSGIVING DINNER" seats guests of many nationalities at one table. The centerpiece reads "SELF GOVERNMENT" and "UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE"; the corners read "COME ONE COME ALL" and "FREE AND EQUAL." What does it argue?