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Title: The World must be made safe for Democracy!
Summary: Poster showing eagle above stars and stripes emblem with enemy soldier wearing a horned helmet, and a train in the background.

Title: Shall we be more tender with our dollars than with the lives of our sons: buy a United States government bond of the 2nd Liberty Loan of 1917
Summary: Uncle Sam with armies in background; Statue of Liberty also in background with planes in the air and ships in the sea.

Title: Exhibit of American Federation of Labor

Title: The Territorial papers of the United States, Volume 15. The territory of Louisiana-Missouri, 1815-1821. The Territory of Louisiana-Missouri, 1803-1821, Territory of Louisiana-Missouri, 1802-1821

Title: America : Being the latest, and most accurate description of the New World : [pages 277-278]

Title: A Moral reflection, Lucubrator : Accompanying manuscript

Title: JM-149: Conundrum of the California Alien Land Law. 149
Summary: The top panel of this cartoon depicts a little girl, “states’ rights” crying over the grave of free silver. “Free silver” refers to the concept of the free coinage of silver, which was a popular idea for public policy among populists and other groups. Those in favor of free coinage of silver would argue that it would increase the circulation of currency, which would make wages higher and loan easier to obtain. Those against the free silver policy typically supported the gold standard, which was officially adopted by the United States in 1879. The gold standard limits the coinage of silver and other currency in circulation, because all currency must defined in the value of gold. Proponents of the gold standard argued it stabilized American currency, which allowed business to function. William Jennings Bryan, an influential American politician and Secretary of State (1913-1915), was an outspoken supporter of the free silver policy. In the top panel, William Jennings Bryan is abandoning states rights to go to California. William Jennings Bryan became involved with attempting to block discriminatory legislation against Japanese immigrants in California, such as the California Alien Land Law. This law placed restrictions of Japanese immigrants’ legal ability to acquire and own property. Such discriminatory laws created a tense diplomatic relationship with Japan. As Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan attempted to limit the impact of such legislation to improve relations between the United States and Japan. The idea behind many of these discriminatory laws in seen in the bottom panel. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-021: Mr. American reactionary abroad tries to change the opinion of Europe
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting an American visiting places such as France, Germany, and Italy and hearing praise for Roosevelt, which the American does not agree with.

Title: JM-065: Our present divorce laws
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a couple being warned by a train worker and moving to sit together or apart depending on what state the train is passing through.

Title: JM-202: Cartoons of the day
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three separate cartoons. In the top panel, a man on a cart titled "Delaware" blocks women in cars titled "Suffrage" from passing him on the road to the 1920 polls. In the middle panel, "Germany" kills his pack horse ("Hope") underneath a burden of "Economic Terms of the Treaty"; he is unable to continue on "Reparation Trail". In the bottom panel, Uncle Sam and John Bull attempt to communicate via telephone, but uproar in Ireland blocks connection.

Title: JM-090: Grosvenor and Platt present different views on McKinley
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Charles Henry Grosvenor and Thomas C. Platt presented as sideshow hawkers speaking to a group of people. They each point to a large banner focusing on President William McKinley behind them. On Grosvenor's banner, McKinley is presented as the "largest man in the world." On Platt's banner, McKinley is presented as the "smallest man in the U.S."

Title: JM-170: Getting scareder and scareder!
Summary: This cartoon depicts President Woodrow Wilson planning his reelection campaign against Charles Evans Hughes during the presidential election of 1916. The first panel shows President Wilson calmly planning to take a passive role in the campaign until he receives a note that the state of Maine voted for Hughes by a narrow majority. The second panel shows a concerned Wilson receiving news that Hughes was addressing crowds in the West, whose vote Wilson was counting on for winning the election. The third panel shows a shocked Wilson learning Hughes was predicted to win the election by a large margin. Despite the assumptions made in this cartoon, Woodrow Wilson would defeat Hughes in the election of 1916, and he became the first democratic president to serve two consecutive terms in a row since Andrew Jackson. Woodrow Wilson appealed to many with his campaign slogan, "He kept us out of war," which appealed to many European (especially German) immigrants who did not wish to have the conflict of loyalty that would come from the United States joining World War I. Despite this, the United States would eventually enter World War I in 1917 during Wilson’s second term. The Chicago Tribune published many articles in support of Hughes and his campaign. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-295: Sunken ships are historic trouble-breeders
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a group, including FDR, examine sinking of U.S. gunboat Panay.

Title: JM-204: As Uncle Sam prepares to get back in the European game
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam being warned to participate only in an advisory way by U.S. Congress as he climbs over a fence to join a European Reparation Committee.

Title: JM-220: If there was referendum on war debt cancellation. 220
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting the outcry against a referendum on the collection of war debts in the aftermath of WWI.

Title: JM-206: Three scenes of hypocrisy
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting three panels, each panel with its own scene of hypocrisy. In the top panel, a man upset by socialists and unemployment then posts a notice for his apartment complex advancing the rent for his tenants to get their money while he can. In the middle panel, a man is being bribed but refuses to testify against the one bribing him. In the bottom panel, a man is shocked by the spread of lawlessness, but then he buys two cases of bourbon during a potential prohibition-era cartoon.

Title: JM-175: Don't drop the pilot!
Summary: This cartoon show Uncle Sam talking with President Wilson, Force, and Politics. Uncle Sam is insisting these parties do not allow someone to take the principle of arbitration outside the “ship of the state”. Arbitration is a form of dispute resolution that gained popularity during the world wars. It was a quick and efficient way to resolve personal and commercial disputes without the time and effort associated with moving a claim through the traditional judicial system. The United States government began to use arbitration as a way to efficiently solve disputes involving wartime resources. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-268: Supposing American tourists in France tried to adopt the stalling on the payment plan
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting an American tourist finishing a large meal at a French restaurant. When he is handed the bill, he offers to pay for it on condition that another man who owes him money pays him back. The restaurant owner kicks the tourist out, and a policeman comes over and asks what happened.

Title: JM-201: Making a bad situation worse
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting undesirable immigrants coming off a ship near Ellis Island while an army of the unemployed Americans watch them.

Title: JM-176: The daily bread line 1913
Summary: This cartoon depicts a line of men waiting for food during the winter. One of them is holding a sign that says, “He kept us out of work”. This sign is a play on President Wilson’s campaign slogan, “He kept us out of war”. There were some areas of United States economy struggling in 1913, making many individuals unemployed. In 1913, many criticized President Wilson’s economic initiatives to be harmful to workers, and contributing to increased in unemployment. Such initiatives included further limiting commercial trusts and requiring investigations be made when particular businesses changed the wages of their workers. These investigations would be used to evaluate the costs of the factories, which was needed to determine guilt of criminal acts. In response to these initiatives, many factories closed operations or began to limit the changes that could be made to workers’ wages. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

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