This undated political card is from a collection of papers belonging to President Abraham Lincoln. The content included in this source may be disturbing to some viewers.
Citation: “Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 4. Addenda, -1948: Political card, “The Two Platforms”, undated.” https://www.loc.gov/item/mal4500025/. Accessed 5 September 2023.
Questions
- How are the two figures in this source depicted differently?
- Why do you think the creator of this political card chose the objects included with each figure?
- Do you think the card is appealing to people to vote Democratic or Republican? Explain your answer.
Vocabulary
Platform: ideas and policies of a political party used to appeal to voters
Carpet-Bagger: term used by Southerners to describe Northerners who came to the South after the Civil War who were thought to be there only for their own financial, political, and/or social gain
