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title: Yankee Doodle's Plucked Eagle
author: Yankee Doodle
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20818/yankee-doodles-plucked-eagle/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2025-08-18
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# Yankee Doodle's Plucked Eagle

_Authored by Yankee Doodle_

## Image File

[![Yankee Doodle's Plucked Eagle](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20818.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20818.jpg)

## Image Caption

*Plucked : or, The Mexican eagle before the [war](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/)! The Mexican eagle after the war!*, satirical cartoon from a US periodical showing the effect of the [Mexican-American War](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mexican-American_War/) on Mexico, illustration in Yankee Doodle, v. 2, no. 32, p. 55, 15 May 1847.

Mexico before the war is shown on the left being represented by its national symbol of a golden eagle perched on a cactus. The Mexican defeat in the war is symbolized on the right by a thoroughly plucked eagle and fallen cactus.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Doodle, Y. (2025, August 18). Yankee Doodle's Plucked Eagle. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20818/yankee-doodles-plucked-eagle/>
### Chicago
Doodle, Yankee. "Yankee Doodle's Plucked Eagle." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 18, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20818/yankee-doodles-plucked-eagle/>.
### MLA
Doodle, Yankee. "Yankee Doodle's Plucked Eagle." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 Aug 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20818/yankee-doodles-plucked-eagle/>.

## License & Copyright

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