Roosevelt Corollary

The topic of this cartoon of this cartoon is about the Roosevelt Corollary. The cartoonist’s message is that Roosevelt is “a barrier” separating Mexico and South America which is saying that he’s keeping any nations from intervening and taking the other nation away. Some might say that Roosevelt is going too far with intervening with these countries political issues as the Roosevelt Corollary states that the U.S. might intervene in the affairs of an American republic threatened with seizure or intervention by a European country.

This cartoonist uses exaggeration as a technique by making President Roosevelt appear larger than his typical stature which makes him seem more important and that you’re focus should solely be on him. An analogy is also being used as the president is being described as some sort of “police officer” or “a barrier” that blocks of any intervention of any other countries. The support this cartoon brings to my belief of American Imperialism is that Roosevelt is making a good choice getting in between the politics of other nations because if he hadn’t it could effect the United States in a bad way. 

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