Editorial Cartoons By Era

The following pages contain editorial cartoons published during the era of US History as briefly defined and listed below. These eras are commonly used in US History curriculum that progress chronological.

British Colonies and the American Revolution

The Formation of a Representative Republic

1790s: Washington, Adams, and Political Parties

The Peaceful Revolution of 1800 and the Jeffersonian-Republicans

The War of 1812 and the Era of Good Feelings

The Age of Jackson and Jacksonian Democracy

Antebellum Social Reform

Manifest Destiny and Western Encroachment

The Turbulent 1850s

Civil War

Reconstruction

Destiny Manifested: The Conquering of the West

The Gilded Age

US Imperialism

The Progressive Era

The Great War

The Roaring 1920s

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Second World War

The Cold War

Complacency and Conformity - The 1950s

Civil Rights Movement and Black Power

The 1960s - The Great Society, Vietnam, and 1968

1970s - Social Movements, General Malaise, and the New Right

1980s - Reagan Revolution

1990s - Tech, Yuppies, and Clinton

Y2K and the New Millennium