Chapter 17 section 1: critical thinking 4

Chapter 17 section 1: critical thinking 4

This cartoon shows carry nation inside a saloon that she attacked. Do you think the cartoonist had a favorable or unfavorable opinion of this Prohibitionist?


In the time of the 1890’s a woman named Carry nation worked and fought for a prohibition of alcohol. She would walk into bars and saloons and smash the bottles and hack up the tables. Her actions caused her to obtain great publicity. One such example of publicity of carry nation was a political cartoon. This cartoon depicted her standing in a smashed up bar and the bartender hiding behind the counter.
The newspapers that published this cartoon probably had an unfavorable opinion against Carry Nation. The cartoon depicted Nation as a mean woman. She is against alcohol, and many people drink alcohol. Also, the tactics that Nation uses were ruthless and reckless. She destroyed bars and caused much money in damage