Political Cartoon Analysis

     

        This cartoon is about the issue of American Imperialism from the East to West coast. You can see this in the cartoon it shows the Eagle representing the U.S. going from East to West on the North American Continent. The cartoonist message is that we were expanding from coast to coast the idea of manifest destiny. This is shown in the cartoon where the eagle is shown heading from East to West. Some other people might say that we shouldn't have expanded and we already have enough land and we could have left the West alone. You can see this isn't what the cartoonist thought because he is showing American Imperialism as a good thing and how we are expanding the United States. The illustrator uses exaggeration and labeling. You can see the exaggeration where the bald eagle is very big compared to the U.S. and labeling where there showing the dates and countries so we know where we expanded and when. This supports my view on American Imperialism. You can see because America is doing good and expanding its influence and land.