Bisson, Bianca Renee2014-08-212014-08-212014-06https://hdl.handle.net/1794/1800074 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Political Science and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Science, Spring 2014.While political cartoons have a reputation for upholding the tenants of democracy and freedom, the editorial images of the late 19th century and early 20th century show quite the contrary. In fact, they promote elements of early American life such as racism, misogyny and anti-radicalism, and make negative statements about the aspects of society that did not conform to conservative White Anglo-Saxon Protestantism.en-USAll Rights Reserved.Political sciencePolitical cartoonsAmerican historyRacismAnti-radicalismThesis / Dissertation