Caricature: A political or editorial cartoon that parodies the individual. Allusion: A political or editorial cartoon that invents the situation or context into which the individual is placed.

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The contrasting themes and traditions in Classical and Baroque SculptureAlthough the original roots of political cartoons

can’t be traced, historians agree that Benjamin Franklin’s “Join or Die” cartoon, which depicts a snake broken into several parts, was the first political cartoon to influence the masses in America.

The First Political Cartoon in the United States Franklin’s goal was to paint the colonies as a fractured group that couldn’t face problems without help from one another, and eventually his cartoon became an important symbol for colonial unity.

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The contrasting themes and traditions in Classical and Baroque Sculpture

Cartoons Play Critical Role in American Civil War

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The contrasting themes and traditions in Classical and Baroque Sculpture

Cartoons Play Critical Role in American Civil War