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Drawing political cartoons based on the antebellum period.

Political Cartoons

Pre-requisite knowledge about the American identity

Commerce

Political cartoons are much like regular cartoons: the only difference being that political cartoons are meant to persuade you, unlike regular cartoons, which just make you laugh. Political cartoons can be funny to a certain extent if you understand what they actually mean. A good political cartoon makes you think about current events. The best political cartoons can change your mind without you even knowing it.

Religious ideas

The Second Great Awakening

Gender roles/family relations

The Cult of Domesticity

The Republican Motherhood

Government

Thomas Jefferson’s Presidency

James Madison’s Presidency

James Monroe’s Presidency

John Quincy Adams’s Presidency

The age of Andrew Jackson

Nationalism

The Louisiana Purchase

The War of 1812

The Monroe Doctrine

The Mexican American War

Technological advances

The Cotton Gin

The Factory System

The Telegraph

The Steamboat

Techniques used in political cartoons

Symbolism

Exaggeration

Analogy

Labeling

Irony

Now get ready to draw...

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