The Panama Canal (1)

This political cartoon is about the Panama Canal being made. The cartoonists message is that Theodore Roosevelt is digging up a canal for American ships that are transporting goods to other countries. He did not have permission from Cuba to do this at first, but then later revolted against Cuba to get the territory to create the canal. Another opinion someone could have about this cartoon is that Theodore Roosevelt is taking away part of Panama to go attack another country.

           Two techniques the cartoonist used to make the carton persuasive are exaggeration and labeling. The cartoonist used exaggeration by exaggerating that Theodore Roosevelt didn’t literally dig out part of Panama and use it for a canal for passing by ships. The cartoonist used labeling by putting in a sign in the back round saying Bogota. Bogota is the capital of Columbia  and Theodore Roosevelt was putting all the “ dug out remains on Columbia”. This political cartoon supports my position on American Imperialism by now knowing that Theodore Roosevelt made the Panama Canal so American ships could now convey goods to other countries.