Capitalism Cartoon

What are the main visual elements?

The main visual elements are:

• The man who belongs to the Capitalism side
  
• One worker who is being held up by the Capitalism guy
• Money dropping from the labor
• Bags below that say "Profits from Child Labor."

What issue is this political cartoon about?

I think this cartoon shows an angry man, who's probably not satisfied with the labor's work.

What is the cartoonist’s opinion on this issue?

I think the cartoonist's opinion on this issue show that the man is very self-centered and doesn't care about how the labor feels. This man seems to be very angry about how his buisness is doing and taking it out on the labor. Since the buisness is most likely privately owned, not by the government, it's harder to run it.

What evidence in the cartoon leads you to believe that the author feels this way?

The man seems to be greedy because he is very fat. I think he must have spent all the company's money and is now running out of it.

What other techniques could the cartoonist have used to make this cartoon more persuasive?

He could have had a nother labor in his other hand so we can se that he's really mad.

Positive and Negative Effects of IR

Positives:

• There production of products in the town got completed quicker because there were machines/ more efficient methods(like the spinning jenny)
  
• They produced high quality products

• There were not many cottage industries left(which produced high quality products, but in more time)

Negatives:

• There were less jobs available
• Some jobs required skill, and many immigrants didn't have that
• The machines were dangerous(such as poeple could get their finger stuck in a machine and have to have it amputated)
• The wages were very low, and on top of that, women got less pay than men
• They had to work long hours in horrible working conditions
  

1870’s Stock Market simulation

I was absent for this simulation so I can't do the feedback.

Evaluation of Feedback Goals

I feel that my first goal: to put more detail into my assignments, has partially been met because I haven't done much writing yet so I can't compare it from last year. And my second goal: to be more open-minded about things, such as projects, hasn't been met yet either because we've only had one project so I can't tell if I was open-minded.