After reading the american yawp textbook on american empire, what does the term american imperialism mean to you? also discuss some of the political cartoons that are featured in the chapter. how do these images impact americans? anything else you noticed in this chapter?

American imperialism can be defined as policies which are aimed at extending economic, political and cultural control over areas that are outside the United States of America. That is, the US intervened in political and economic issues in countries outside of The country.

The First cartoon is a satirical depiction which captured the infatuation Americans had with imperialist and expansionist policies in 1898.

The second political cartoon depicts a before and after. The before shows the Spanish colonies ( Porto Rico, Hawaii, Cuba, and the Philippines) before intervention by America. While the after shows these same colonies after they have been removed from under oppression. The differences between the two are obvious, for example the colonies can be seen as free and no longer enslaved. Some can say the cartoons are quite exaggerated, with the top figures described as “oppressed” by the weight of industrial slavery until America “rescued” them, and turned them to successful businessmen seen on the bottom half.

These depictions and images show America in a good light, as heros who have been of aid to border countries. But America today may be said to be guilty of the same oppression especially on 3rd world countries today.

Some of the political cartoons featured in the chapter include the Americans being agressively intervening in various socio economic issues mostly to their southern neighbors.

Explanation: The American yawp shows a lot of the history of Americans with their neighboring countries

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)