These political cartoons are about the Panama Canal. The U.S. needed an easier way to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific, visa versa. They were tired of sending troops/ships around Columbia and to their destination. They asked Columbia if they could dig a whole through Panama to get to wherever they needed to go but Columbia did not agree to what we were opposing to. We tried asking, bargaining, trading, but they still said no. Then came the Annexation of Panama. We then dug the path through Panama and ships were able to travel through. Travel time was shortened and we also scored by collecting Panama as a territory. The cartoonist used exaggeration in the image on the right because they are making it seem like something bad. Roosevelt is doing this for almost everyone. The cartoonist is also using symbolism because on the image to the left, Roosevelt is walking around with a tool, looking like the job is done. The cartoon doesn't and does support my position on imperialism because I still don't think the U.S. should annex anybody, but I also think the canal was for everybody's benefit.
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