1. Political- Of or relating to the government or the public affairs of a country.
(POLITICAL CARTOONS) are art forms portraying government programs, policies, and personalities in humorous ways.

2. Harper's Weekly (A Journal of Civilization) was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor.

3. Though Nast supported the franchise for freedmen, he seems to have mixed feelings about African Americans participating in government. Though we don’t know whether all Northerners shared his views, we know that negative feelings about Reconstruction were exacerbated by rumors of corruption.

4. They understand this cartoon because they bring an understanding of 
today’s context to the cartoon.
In 100 years, if someone finds this cartoon, they might not understand 
it.
A political cartoon can also teach us about the context of the time.
Must be from 100 years ago because they were focusing on imp. People and that looks like Obama so he must have been president when this was drawn.
What do we think the author is trying to say with this cartoon

5. Thomas Nast was a political cartoonist who drew for a New York magazine called Harper’s Weekly. He supported the North’s side during the Civil War.

6. Caption: FRANCHISE. AND NOT THIS MAN? 1865

7. Caption: COLORED RULE IN A RECONSTRUCTED (. ) STATE
Caption: COLORED RULE IN A RECONSTRUCTED (?) STATE. (The members call each other thieves, liars, rascals, and cowards.) COLUMBIA: “You are aping the lowest Whites. If you disgrace your race in this way you had better take back seats.”
The imagined scene takes place in the South Carolina legislature. The corresponding text in Harper’s Weekly contains a fictional and stereotyped exchange between black legislators. The newspaper notes, however, that the corruption was probably no worse than other instances of political graft. HE DIDN’T WANT THEM BEHAVING IN WAY THAT MADE WHITES THINK THEY WERE RIGHT, HE WANTED TO PROVE THEY COULD STAND A RESPECTABLE PLACE IN OFFICE AND RISE ABOVE THEIR STEREOTYPES. COLUMBIA WAS TRYING TO GET THEM TO BEHAVE RIGHT