Roosevelt Corollary

 

This political cartoon is addressing the Roosevelt Corollary. This political cartoon is addressing how Roosevelt is being too powerful and taking away Central American powers. I can imagine others thinking that the Roosevelt Corollary helped the United States take control of more countries. The cartoonist used labelling and exaggeration to make this political cartoon persuasive. The exaggeration is making Roosevelt bigger because he was the most important person to get involved in the Roosevelt Corollary. This cartoon supports my position on American Imperialism because at this time, Roosevelt was the "bad guy" because he was not afraid to use the "big stick" which was known at that time as the military in his favor.

 

"The Big Stick - Boundless Open Textbook." Boundless. Boundless, n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2016. https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/the-progressive-era-1890-1917-22/roosevelt-s-progressivism-171/the-big-stick-936-2220/.