Document Based Questions
1. What type of document is this?
2.Who produced it?
3. When was it produced?
4. What do the characters mean by “Afghanistan
escalation?”
5. How can you tell what the wall on the right side of the cartoon is supposed to represent?
6. What choice did American leaders make in Vietnam that contributed to the size of the wall?
7. What is the decision that had to be made regarding Afghanistan and what is the author
hinting might be the results of that decision?
8. How might American leaders felt about this cartoon? How might soldiers have felt? How about the American
public?
9. What is the overall connection that the cartoonist is trying to make between the two
conflicts? Do you agree or disagree with his opinion?
1. What type of document is this?
2.Who produced it?
3. When was it produced?
4. What do the characters mean by “Afghanistan
escalation?”
5. How can you tell what the wall on the right side of the cartoon is supposed to represent?
6. What choice did American leaders make in Vietnam that contributed to the size of the wall?
7. What is the decision that had to be made regarding Afghanistan and what is the author
hinting might be the results of that decision?
8. How might American leaders felt about this cartoon? How might soldiers have felt? How about the American
public?
9. What is the overall connection that the cartoonist is trying to make between the two
conflicts? Do you agree or disagree with his opinion?