Reconstruction

Mr. Gould's American History II Class.  

Election of 1860 Political Cartoon Webquest

Independently, you will be visiting the following websites containing political cartoons that were published during the 1860 election in American publications. Your job is to evaluate three (3) political cartoons and judge their effectiveness in swaying public opinion.

1. Cartoons from Courier and Ives

http://www.politicsarchive.com/election-of-1860.html

2. Baseball analogy cartoon from Courier and Ives

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lincoln/the-run-for-president.html#obj10

3. A collection of cartoons from the 1860 presidential election.

http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/race.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/devision.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/undecided.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/platform.html

DIRECTIONS: Complete the following chart on a separate sheet of paper and hand in when finished.

Election of 1860 Political Cartoon Webquest Rubric

_______ 5 pts for Title of Caption

_______ 5 pts for Target Audience

_______ 5 pts for Purpose/Message

_______ 5 pts for Effective Why?Why Not?

In the end the election of 1860 was one of many factors that lead to the divide between the North and South ultimately leading to Civil War.  

http://elections.harpweek.com/1860/cartoon-1860-Medium.asp?UniqueID=1&Year=1860

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lincoln/the-run-for-president.html#obj10

http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/race.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/devision.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/undecided.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/platform.html