Purchase of Alaska 2

The issue that this political cartoon portrays is the purchase of Alaska. The cartoonist's message on this issue is that America paid a huge amount of money to buy Alaska. The cartoonist is also trying to tell the audience that America was just buying a big block of ice. I can imagine other people thinking that the purchase of Alaska was good because we gained extra territory for the United States. The cartoonist used labelling, exaggeration, and analogy to make this cartoon persuasive. The cartoonist used labelling by labelling the bag of money with how mush currency Alaska cost. The exaggeration is where the Russians are not literally delivering Alaska to the United States. The analogy is where the cartoonist decided to compare Alaska to a block of ice. This cartoon supports my opinion on American Imperialism is that we needed to expand our territory because we wanted to be a powerful country.

 

"Cartoon Ridiculing The 1867 US Purchase of Alaska." Great Big Canvas. The Great Big Canvas, n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2016. http://www.greatbigcanvas.com/view/cartoon-ridiculing-the-1867-us-purchase-of-alaska,2303997/.