This 1812 Boston broadside, titled 'The Gerry-mander,' redraws part of Essex County as a winged, clawed monster. What does the monster's shape stand for?

Thomas Nast drew a man in a suit whose head is a bulging bag of money marked with a dollar sign, captioned "The 'Brains' that achieved the Tammany victory at the Rochester Democratic Convention." What does the money-bag head stand for?

In Nast's 1871 Harper's Weekly cartoon, vultures with human faces perch in a storm above bones labeled New York City Treasury, Law and Justice, under the caption "Let us prey." What do the vultures stand for?

Udo Keppler's 1904 Puck cartoon draws Standard Oil as a giant octopus whose tentacles already grip the Capitol, a state house and an oil field, with one more tentacle reaching toward the White House. What do the tentacles stand for?

This 1915 Puck cartoon by Hy Mayer shows a woman carrying a torch across a map of the United States. What does the torch stand for?

An 1833 broadside draws Andrew Jackson in a crown and ermine robe, holding a scroll marked VETO and standing on a torn Constitution, above the words "Born to Command" and "King Andrew the First." Who or what is the cartoon attacking?

Nast's 1874 cartoon shows a hooded figure marked K.K.K. and an armed man marked White League clasping hands over a kneeling Black family, a burning schoolhouse behind them, under the words "Worse than Slavery." Who is the cartoon attacking?

Bernhard Gillam's 1883 Puck cartoon, titled "The Protectors of Our Industries," seats tycoons on bags marked "millions" atop a raft carried by laborers whose bundles read "$6 a week" and "$9 a week." Who is it attacking?

In Keppler's 1893 Puck cartoon, five well-dressed men turn a ragged newcomer away at a dock, while behind each of them looms the shadow of the poor immigrant he once was. Who is the cartoon attacking?

In a 1919 Punch cartoon a stone bridge whose blocks read Belgium, France, England and Italy has a gap where its keystone belongs; the missing block is marked U.S.A., and Uncle Sam lounges on it smoking a cigar. Who is the cartoon criticizing?

Joseph Keppler's 1889 Puck cartoon crowds moneybag figures labeled Steel, Copper, Oil, Sugar and Coal into the rear of the Senate chamber above the senators, while the door marked "People's Entrance" reads CLOSED. What is the cartoon arguing for?

Nast's 1864 Harper's Weekly cartoon shows a Union veteran on crutches shaking hands with a Confederate officer over a grave marked "In Memory of the Union Heroes who Fell in a Useless War," titled "Compromise with the South." What is Nast arguing?

Raymond Evans's 1916 Puck cartoon walls off an immigrant family with a barrier of blocks reading LITERACY TEST, over which Uncle Sam leans to say, "You're welcome in - if you can climb it," beside a flag marked "The Land of the Free." What is it arguing?

In Dalrymple's 1899 Puck cartoon, scowling pupils labeled Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and Philippines sit in the front row of Uncle Sam's classroom while pupils behind them read from books lettered Texas and California. What position is the cartoon taking?

Franklin's cartoon in the Pennsylvania Gazette of 9 May 1754 prints a snake cut into eight labeled pieces above two words: "JOIN, or DIE." What claim does that printed caption make?

William Allen Rogers's cartoon "The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea" wades Theodore Roosevelt through the Caribbean towing warships labeled "Debt Collector" and "The Sheriff," a club over his shoulder. What do those ship labels claim?

In Keppler's 1898 Puck cartoon arms marked "Manifest Destiny" hold out a basket of crying infants named Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and Philippine to Uncle Sam, outside a building labeled "U.S. Foundling Asylum." What does that building label claim?

A 1774 London print shows Bostonians tarring and feathering a customs officer and pouring tea down his throat beneath the Liberty Tree, with tea being thrown from a ship behind them. What does the print establish on its own?

An 1865 print shows Lincoln levering a split globe marked with the southern states while Andrew Johnson sits on top stitching it with needle and thread, each calling to the other. What can a historian use this print as evidence for?

Nast's 1869 cartoon seats guests of many nationalities around Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving table under the words "Come One Come All" and a centerpiece placard reading "Universal Suffrage." What does the cartoon show?