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Examine this cartoon representing the Panic of 1837. Then answer the question that follows.
a cartoon representing the Panic of 1837
The cartoon depicts an unemployed man lamenting, “I have no money, and cannot get any work." Besides him his three children cry due to lack of food: "Father can't I have a piece of bread?"; "I say Father, can't you get some Specie Claws?"; "I'm so hungry." The man’s wife says, “My dear, cannot you contrive to get some food for the children? I don't care for myself.” Meanwhile, two men stand at the door with a warrant for unpaid rent. One of them says. “I say Sam, I wonder where we are to get our Costs." There are also portraits of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren on the wall behind the family.
This cartoon was released by the Whig party during the Panic of 1837. It shows the unemployment that existed in the country at that time. What can you conclude from the cartoon?
A.
The Whigs blamed the Second Bank of the United States for the Panic of 1837.
B.
The Whigs blamed the Democrats for the financial crisis of the Panic of 1837.
C.
The Panic of 1837 affected only the common, working-class Americans.
D.
The Panic of 1837 affected only the wealthy, upper-class Americans.
