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“A Pertinent Parody” “A Pertinent Parody”
World Events 1853-1857 World Events 1853-1857

“A Pertinent Parody”

“A Pertinent Parody”
This cartoon shows President Franklin Pierce vacillating between differing political perspectives of the 1850s, specifically “old fogyism” and “young America.” Slavery, foreign relations, and other issues were at stake.
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Pierce, Franklin
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