cartoon : http://www.americanyawp.com/text/wp-content/uploads/School-Begins1-1000×500.jpg
link to textbook: http://www.americanyawp.com/text/19-american-empire/
textbook only no outside sources this is required ofr passing grade.
This 1899 political cartoon from the political satire publication Puck exemplifies some of the debate between those who were pro-imperialists (wanted to expand US boundaries and interests abroad) and those who were anti-imperialists (did not want the US to become colonizers). The image brings into question the debates around the Spanish American War and whether or not the US should be an imperial power and colonize other places.
Look closely at this political cartoon (including the words on the textbooks, board, etc.) and answer the following questions. After answering the questions, post comment on one other person’s post within your group.
Based on your “American Empire” chapter reading, describe two ways in which this visual image highlights the national debate around the Spanish American War and its aftermath regarding whether or not the United States should colonize or expand into other areas.
What do you think is the symbolism behind the African American washing a window, the American Indian reading away from the rest of the group, and the Chinese American entering the doorway of the school compared to the rest of the image? Is the artist pro-imperialism or anti-imperialism?
Don’t forget to comment on one fellow classmate’s post after you complete your own analysis.
*Note: in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries African Americans, Chinese Americans, American Indians, and other ethnic groups (including Irish, Germans, and Jews) are often caricatured in cartoons, board games, jigsaw puzzles and other print material (in other words, the images of them are exaggerated in an effort to create a comic or grotesque image, which reveals the racist undertones in these works). This 1899 image includes those caricatures in many of the people depicted.*
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