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Political Cartoons as Historical Evidence - Grant Hamilton Template (1)

Political Cartoons as Historical Evidence - Grant Hamilton Template

Q Answer each question briefly. Just use a few sentences, but be specific. “Yes” or “no” answers or generalizations are not satisfactory. You must provide evidence to support your responses. Use Chicago Style endnotes or footnotes to credit any sources you use. A bibliography is not necessary. 1. What was happening in the United States when this cartoon was created that is relevant to your understanding ofthe cartoon? 2. What was happening in the Caribbeanwhen this cartoon was created that is relevant to your understanding of the cartoon? 3. In some of the political cartoons included in our coursework the United States was depicted as a woman named Colombia or Lady Liberty. What did those depictions of Colombia or Lady Liberty suggest about the United States? (Include the title of the cartoon from our coursework that you are analyzing.) 4. Comparing your analysis of Colombia or Lady Liberty in Question 3 with cartoonist Grant Hamilton’s depiction of the United Statesas Uncle Samin “Now, Will You Be Good?”do you get a different ‘feeling’ about the United States in “Now, Will You Be Good?” Why or why not? 5. Not including Uncle Sam, what people are depicted in Hamilton’s “Now, Will You Be Good?”What does the use ofstereotypes or caricatures suggest about the people being depicted?

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• When the cartoon was created in the year 1902, the war between USA and the Philippines was already over. Right after the Spanish-American war was over, the American Republic and the politicians debated regarding annexation question. The revolutionaries from Pilipino revolutionaries completely seized the control of the main island under Aguinaldo and further proclaimed the establishment of the independence of the Philippine republic. In the year 1902, US successfully dissipated the Filipino resistance. In time of this cartoon, a general amnesty was proclaimed by President Theodore Roosevelt. He also declared a conflict though the minor uprisings and the insurrections against the rule of America occurred in the following years.