As we've noted in the past, political cartoons are an entertaining way to get a glimpse into how people thought about major issues in our history as they were happening.
For this week's blog, please conduct a Google search on "New Deal Political Cartoons". Find one that seems interesting and do some research on it.
Look for items like-where was it published? when? what is happening in the cartoon? what symbolism do you see in the cartoon? was the artist critiquing or supporting FDR's New Deal?
For the comments, post a link to the cartoon and write 200 words detailing the information you found.
Remember-you cannot do the same cartoon as someone else!
The political cartoon I choose has Roosevelt and his “New Deal remedies” and the “congress” is like his little assistant and all his remedies are littles bottles labeled like AAA, CCC, CWA, FACA, FDIC and etc. There are a bunch of bottles sitting there and it’s like Roosevelt believed that these things will fix all of the problems going on at this time such as the Great Depression. During the Great Depression many people lost their jobs which resulted in them having no money for food or clothes or anything to help provide for their family. FDR felt bad for the people so he decided to create the “New Deal” to help the people. This would provide jobs, shelter, clothing, food and etc. On the table are a bunch of small bottles that represent things in the new deal that was created to help the people, and then there is a big bottle that says “NRA”. Roosevelt is holding the bag that says new deal remedies hoping that some of these laws that he created would help with everything the country was going through. The congress that is wearing an apron like his little maid is suppose to represent how to the congress always there because they kept passing all of the laws and such that he was creating and was basically just right behind him always telling him yes. (230)
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In 1933, the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (FDR) responded to the economic crisis of the Great Depression by creating the New Deal. In his presidential acceptance speech, Roosevelt said, “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.” The government programs in the New Deal were developed to address America’s industrial, agricultural and employment issues. FDR’s New Deal was focused around the “3R’s.” More specifically, the 3R’s stood for relief, recovery and reform. The political cartoon, “Hope,” was published in March of 1933. It shows President Roosevelt dealing a deck of cards. As I understand it, this cartoon was trying to show how no one really knew what hand they were being dealt with the New Deal. It is important to remember that the depression already had a major impact on people. They were skeptical about Roosevelt’s plans for boosting the economy. However, just like taking a gamble on a winning hand of cards, many took a chance on FDR and his New Deal programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA) Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), and the National Rifle Association (NRA). Some felt like the New Deal was the government’s way of experimenting with socialism. Photo courtesy of the Basil O'Connor Collection. (216)
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The cartoon I looked at shows a hand with a sleeve with stars on its cuff what makes me think it is the president's hand. The hand is holding a hand of cards what is 4 A and a K. The cards also have words written on their sides. The guys cards say 5 words what are Production of gold,bank holiday,budget message,Inaugural address and bank legislation. I believe that this is showing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s new hand basically and it is showing that it is a pretty strong hand. I believe that the cartoon is supporting him because it picked one of the best hands you can have in cards. So in conclusion I believe that the person who drew this cartoon is supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt judge it by the hand of cards being high and not something like a single numbered card. I also believe that the person holding the cards is The president because of how the sleeve looked inside of the cartoon based on it being like a suit type of deal and having stars on the cuff what makes me think it is like a suit like Uncle Sam wore in other political cartoons. (202)
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In the political cartoon i picked it depicts a doctor visit with Uncle sam as the patient, FDR as the doctor, and congress as the caretaker for uncle sam. FDR is the doctor, who has the duty or responsible to cure america of the symptoms of the depression that hit america during this time. Uncle sam represents america during these times with many medicine bottles that represent different groups/associations that america had during this time. FDR tells the congress that while the “remedies” don't guarantee anything but should help. At this time FDR passed many laws and legislations which are also included with the remedies that are on the table in the cartoon. Many people doubted that these programs would do any good and worried that would negatively affect the country when its already at one of the lowest points its been in a long time. This cartoon supports FDR and his policies and puts the new deal in a positive light. This is because uncle sam is shown to be in good spirits, after trying the new deal medicines. The cartoon depicts FDR as a man, who is understanding because he knows that the programs might not work and has a bag of solutions prepared.
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ReplyDeleteThe cartoon I found the most interesting is called “The Galloping Snail” illustrated by Burt Thomas. The cartoon was published in the Detroit “News” in the March of 1933. It depicts Franklin D. Roosevelt with a bag of papers that says “new deal program” and riding on top of a snail with horse legs with “congressional action” on its shell while being whipped to go faster. It is representative of FDR’s push for the slow congressional congress to pass as many of his New Deal Programs as they could during his first 100 days in office. Sadly I was unable to find any information on the cartoonist himself due to him, quite hilariously, being overshadowed by his far more famous British counterpart BErt Thomas. I still find the cartoon itself quite funny which is why I continue to use it for this weeks blog. I don’t necessarily want to do this, but I am only left to assume what his feelings are on the what his happening. I am unsure if he is saying that FDR is going too fast and is overworking the congressional congress or if he is saying that the congressional congress needs to speed up and are too slow, but I am going to go ahead and say it’s the second one.(216)
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This cartoon I picked names “a peculiar echo” depicts a man on and and a building in the ocean. The ocean is entitled administration waste and the building seems to be the White House which is further sinking into the ocean. While the land says American taxpayer with a man whom rather obviously seems like an american.Then land he is standing on is stated to be called “echo mountain: response to public opinion according to the sign upon it. The ocean itself is full of dollar signs which is of course in an ocean of waste. The White House is exclaiming “spend, spend” loudly white the taxpayer on the land is yelling save save” creating an echo. This cartoon was made in March 1932. Which is when FDR was initiating the new deal. The illustrator went by the name of Orr from what I could find. This cartoon is depicting the everyday american taxpayer begging the government to save money, but the “echo” from the government is saying to spend. Orr shows the difference in opinion between the government and the everyday american taxpayer. As well as how the government refused to listen to the people giving them their money. Therefore this cartoon was quite clearly critiquing FDR’s new deal.
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