Period 5 Question 2

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Primary Source

Cartoon that depicts a very short and hostile General George McClellan and a very tall and confident Abraham Lincoln, both candidates in the 1864 presidential election, on the left side of the picture.

Currier & Ives, The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track, 1864 (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)

McClellan: “Uncle Abraham don’t you think you had better call the old dog off now, I’m afraid he’ll hurt those other dogs, if he catches hold of them”

Lincoln: “Why little Mac thats the same pack of curs, that chased you aboard of the Gunboat two years ago, they are pretty nearly used up now & I think its best to give the old bull dog full swing to go in and finish them!"

Davis: “You aint got this kennel yet old fellow!”

Grant: “I’m bound to take it"