1. MARCH 9, 2016
Imperialism Political Cartoons Extra Credit Due Monday! Make up Quiz by Friday!!!

2. Caricature
An exaggeration of physical characteristics

3. Weight to show wealth

4. Depicting people as animals

5. Uncle Sam to depict USA

6. England is an octopus stretching their influence into every corner of the world (Canada, India, Jamaica, Malta, Gibraltar, Cape Colony, Egypt, Ireland, Boersland (south Africa), Australia
Hand just above Egypt (thinking about going to Egypt)
Man is fat (double chin) symbolizes greed

7. Cecil Rhodes straddeling Africa
Desire for a united north to south British colony in Africa

8. White Man’s Burden
Naval officer on a ship
Four corners each have symbolic meaning
Top right: Ship
Top left: Native African animals/environment
Bottom right: African on their knees thanking the white man for coming to save them
Bottom left: shipping, trade, exploiting natural resources, bringing back processed/manufactured goods from Europe

9. British want the gold from South African gold mines

10. Each wants a “piece” of Africa
Berlin Conference
Otto Von Bismarck (Germany) slicing the cake

11. Each country wants a “piece” of china
Chinese man in the back trying to stop this
On the left is Queen Victoria (Great Britain), then German Wilhelm II, the Russian, French, and Japanese

13. Japanese solider stepping over Korea in order to get into Manchuria
Russo-Japanese War

14. Reference to Russo-Japanes war (fight for influence/occupation of Korean peninsula
Big Dipper Bear = Russian Bear
Mt. Fuji = Japan

15. Relating Uncle Sam (United States) to the British Cecil Rhodes

16. Bear = Russia, Dragon = China, Wolf = Italy (dressed in Garibaldi clothes), Lion = Great Britain, Eagles = USA, Germany and Austria, Rooster = France
Each country wants a piece of china