How do these political cartoons represent the oil trust, and its influence over American politics and the economy?

2017年4月14日 · This cartoon map was published eight weeks before the presidential election of 1904. It depicts "Standard Oil" as a great octopus spread out across the U.S., having strangled state capitals and the Congress in Washington, reaching …

Summary: Illustration shows a “Standard Oil” storage tank as an octopus with many tentacles wrapped around the steel, copper, and shipping industries, as well as a state house, the U.S. Capitol, and one tentacle reaching for the White House.

Illustration shows a "Standard Oil" storage tank as an octopus with many tentacles wrapped around the steel, copper, and shipping industries, as well as a state house, the U.S. Capitol, and one tentacle reaching for the White House.

"Next!" (1904) represents Standard Oil as an octopus, wrapping its tentacles around the United States Capitol, a "State House," and the White House. Cartoons like these helped inspire reformers to limit corporations’ control over American politics and society.

2017年8月8日 · The most famous octopus cartoon must be this 1904 depiction of John Rockefeller’s Standard Oil. Notice that its arms are wrapped around not just the United States Congress and a state house but also the cooper, steel and shipping industries. The next target is the White House.

The rapid growth of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Corporation was astonishing, especially since it commenced barely more than a generation before this 1904 cartoon by Keppler. Oil and its derivatives like kerosene and gasoline rapidly became staples and necessities of American life.

In this political cartoon from the September 7, 1904 issue of Puck, Udo J. Keppler depicts Standard Oil as a deadly octopus with a stranglehold on Congress, state government and the...

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2024年7月5日 · Titled The Standard Oil Octopus by Udo Keppler, this cartoon depicts Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Trust as an octopus with strangling tentacles. Its grip seems to stretch across the globe to squeeze political buildings, such as the Capitol and the White House, as well as the steel, copper, and shipping industries.