U.S. Imperialism -- Political cartoons

Political cartoon from an 1898 newspaper (New York World, reprinted Literary Digest, November 26, 1898) .

• Who is the figure in the foreground of the cartoon?
• What is he looking at?
• Who does the woman represent?
• Who do the figures in the background represent?
• What is the caption at the bottom?
• What is the message of the cartoon?

Source: http://multimedialearningllc.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/anti-imperialism-cartoon/

 

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• What events are being depicted?
• How are these peoples supposedly being oppressed?
• How has the U.S. supposedly rescued them?

 Source: http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/photos/html/1084.html