<p>The banner discussed lawyers for a “stable money” supply in New York, a city of wealthy businessmen. It was a protest against the further coinage of silver being debated in the 1896 election, I think.</p>
<p>The political cartoon was a funny question. Anyone who has even a little common sense or awareness of American media would’ve been able to instantly tell that the drawing style of the cartoon wasn’t even close to being around in 1940, 1948, or 1960. That fact alone leaves 1980 and 1992. 1980 was the only answer (among all the choices) where even a Republican president was elected, so you really didn’t even have to know anything about congressional party control (aka the bottom half of the comic). </p>