Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

HISTORY OF POLITICAL CARTOONS


A. From what national language do we get the word "cartoon"?

B. What nation was known as the "Home of Caricature" because of the work of James Gilray and Thomas Rowlandson?

C. What American cartoonist created the Democratic Donkey and the Republican Elephant?

D. After World War II, which two American cartoonists seemed to dominate the field of cartooning for a number of years?


As you examine the following cartoons, answer the questions which follow each:

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500 W. US Hwy. 24. Independence MO 64050
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