1. Dr. Seuss Goes to War
Theodore Geisel’s editorial cartoons for PM magazine and for the US war department

2. Flit Ad Campaign

3. Flit Ad Campaign

4. Flit Ad Campaign

5. Dr. Seuss’ subjects Isolationists “America First” Charles Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Anti-Semitism
GOPstrich
“Don’t get involved!”
Started as the GOP ostrich
Before Pearl Harbor: offspring of the GOP elephant and the Isolationists ostrich (Horton Hatches the Egg)
Lindy and Ford

6. 1940

7. March 9, 1941

13. June 18, 1941

14. The Great US Sideshow
July 8, 1941

15. July 17, 1941

23. “End of the Trail”
In 1894, when James Earle Fraser completed his model of the End of the Trail, American civilization stretched from shore to shore. Most Euro-Americans believed the frontier period was over and that such progress was inevitable. Many viewed Native Americans as part of the past, a vanishing race with no place in the twentieth century. Popular literature portrayed Indian people as "savages," noble or otherwise. Fraser's the End of the Trail reflects this legacy: a nineteenth century Indian warrior defeated and bound for oblivion -- frozen in time.

24. Who is Burton K. Wheeler? US Senator from Montana Avid Isolationist
Supports FDR’s early programs
Then turns against him
1940 will make a run for the presidency against FDR (FDR’s 3rd term)