This 1920’s political cartoon depicts President Calvin Coolidge playing a saxophone labeled “praise” while a women/flapper representing “big business” dances up a storm. The cartoon suggests a cozy close relationship between the president and big business. Coolidge caters to big business, and business dances to his tune. What does this cartoon tell you about the Coolidge administration and big business? The dancing woman is a 1920’s “flapper”- independent, confident, and assertive. In what ways was big business in the 1920’s comparable to the flappers?

This 1920’s political cartoon depicts President Calvin Coolidge playing a saxophone labeled “praise” while a women/flapper representing “big business” dances up a storm. The cartoon suggests a cozy close relationship between the president and big business. Coolidge caters to big business, and business dances to his tune. What does this cartoon tell you about the Coolidge administration and big business? The dancing woman is a 1920’s “flapper”- independent, confident, and assertive. In what ways was big business in the 1920’s comparable to the flappers?