File:Hyphenated Americans Voting Cartoon 1899.jpg

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English: 1899 cartoon hostile to immigrants voting in the United States.

Cartoon shows Uncle Sam seated at left, looking displeased. A row of men are lined up to place ballots in a ballot box. Each of them is split down the middle, one side dressed in stereotyped European garb, the other in contemporary US fashion. They are labeled "Irish-American", "German-American", "Italian-American", etc.

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THE HYPHENATED AMERICAN

Uncle Sam: Why should I let these freaks cast whole votes when they are only half American?
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Source Cartoon by J. S. Pughe published in "Puck" magazine, 9 August 1899
Author J. S. Pughe (d. 1909)

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1899 cartoon hostile to immigrants voting in the United States.

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