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US/VA History The Age of the Common Man: 5. Political parties

Essential Question: To what extent is the age of Jackson the "age of the common man?"

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"The Times" by Henry R. Robinson a Whig Printmaker

Political cartoon: The Times by Henry R. Robinson

Clay, Edward Williams, and Henry R Robinson. The Times. New York: Printed & published by H.R. Robinson. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/2008661304/>.

Click here or on the image to go to an explanation from the Library of Congress

Whig Party Propaganda: The House that Jack Built

The House that Jack Built is a popular British nursery rhyme and cumulative tale:

This is the house that Jack built.
This is the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the rat that ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the cat that killed the rat
That ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the dog that worried the cat
That killed the rat that ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the cow with the crumpled horn
That tossed the dog that worried the cat
That killed the rat that ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.
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The Library of Virginia Blogspot

The political cartoon, "The House that Jack Built" is a remix of the nursery rhyme.  It is also Whig propaganda that pokes fun at the presidency of Andrew Jackson. Click here for an explanation from The Library of Virginia.

Political cartoon: This is the House that Jack Built

Childs, John J. This Is the House That Jack Built. 1840. Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661383/. Accessed 15 Nov. 2017.

 

The Know Nothing Party

1844 Native American Party flag

How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics: From xenophobia to conspiracy theories, the Know Nothing party launched a nativist movement whose effects are still felt today
Boissoneault, Lorraine. “How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics.” SmithsonianMag.com, 26 Jan. 2017, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/immigrants-conspiracies-and-secret-society-launched-american-nativism-180961915/. Accessed 13 Nov. 2017.