America's Biggest Fear

This cartoon depicts the biggest fear that Americans had not only had back when this was published in the 1860s, but it shows the fear that many Americans still have today. As a country we are afraid that immigrants will come in and take away the jobs that we feel should be reserved for Americans. Many people also believe that immigrants will dirty up the culture of our country. This cartoon depicts an Irish man on the left and a Chinese man on the left. Both of these men are swallowing Uncle Sam. This cartoon represents how the American people were afraid that all of the immigrants would swallow up all of the American culture. Cartoons like this were, and still are, used as a way to scare the American people into keeping immigrants out.

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