Exercise #8 - Cartoon by Thomas Nast

Use D.A.I.L.Y. to analyze the illustration below, and then answer the questions that follow. Refer to Chapter 19 (page 79) for guidance on using D.A.I.L.Y. for effective cartoon and illustration analysis.

From 1865 to 1876, how did the northern Congress try to answer the two questions posed by Nast? Why did they fail?