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Document C: "The Americanese Wall - As Congressman Burnett would build it"

“The Americanese wall - as Congressman [John Lawson] Burnett would build it ,” 1916.
(Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)

Discussion Questions

1. Look carefully at the cartoon. What symbols can you identify?

2. What challenges do those at the entrance to America face?

3. What can infer about the cartoonist’s view of America’s policy towards immigrants and the idea of a literacy test? Provide evidence to support your idea. (Hint: Read the flag on the wall. Do you think the cartoonist is being literal or ironic? Why?)

Sources

Evans, R. O. (1916). The Americanese wall - as Congressman Burnett would build it. Www.loc.gov. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006681433/

Document C: "The Americanese Wall - As Congressman Burnett would build it"

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“The Americanese wall - as Congressman [John Lawson] Burnett would build it ,” 1916. (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)

“The Americanese wall - as Congressman [John Lawson] Burnett would build it ,” 1916.
(Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)