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Advanced Placement U.S. History 1
Lesson 37
Handout 38 (page 1)
A Foreign Policy for a New Age
Political cartoons are editorials in pictures. Interpret these political cartoons by answering the
questions below each cartoon.
Cartoon A
The News Reaches Bogota
Cartoon by Rogers from New York Herald Copyright 1903,
courtesy New York Sun, Inc., New York, NY.
1. What is the significance of the title of the cartoon?
2.
What is the purpose of the gunboats?
3. Why is Roosevelt shoveling dirt on Bogota?
4.
Briefly summarize the main idea of the cartoon.
5.
How might a Colombian cartoonist view the same event?
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Handout 38 (page 2)
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Cartoon B
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The Big Stick In the Caribbean Sea
Cartoon by Rogers in New York Herald (New York: Sun, Inc., 1905).
1. What Is the significance of the title of the cartoon?
2. What do the boats labeled debt collector, sheriff, and receiver have in common?
3. To what U.S. policy does this cartoon refer?
4. How did that policy differ from the earlier Monroe Doctrine?
5. Summarize the main idea of the cartoon.
6. How was the “Big Stick” policy extended by Dollar Diplomacy?
7. How might a Venezuelan cartoonist view Big Stick diplomacy differently?
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Advanced Placement U.S. History I
Lesson 37
Handout 38 (page 3)
Cartoon C
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Cartoon by Rogers from Harpers Weekly. Copyright 1899.
1. To what policy does this cartoon refer?
2. What is the main idea of the cartoon?
3.
How might the Chinese interpret the situation?
4.
How might the Japanese view the situation?
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