Unit VIII: "Waves of Reform" ca 1880s to 1921

Question/Problem 3:How did the United State exert its influence as a world power?

World Power Political Cartoon-1905

Directions: Study the political cartoon and answer the questions below.

From the editors of the Foreign Policy Association, A Cartoon History of the United States Foreign Policy (New York:William Morrow and Company, 1975),p 47.

  1. What nation is represented by the policeman (constable)? What person?

  2. What nations are represented as surrounding the policeman?

  3. According to this cartoon, what is the relationship between the United States and the world?

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