Age of Imperialism It's a Matter of Propaganda!

Find an example of imperialist propaganda. Post the image here & write a brief summary of what appears on-the-surface & under-the-surface of the piece.

 

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Lindsey's Posts

This image is displaying the greed of the European powers, all clutching on to their conquered colonies. The quote underneath is essentially telling the conquered people to give up hope, because the Europeans will never relinquish their control once they have it. It's like a child getting hold of the best toy and refusing to share with others. 

 

This picture displays a the United States's hand in a card game. Each card has a colony on it and it's a winning hand. This implies the luck of the draw between countries to get the best combinations of colonies possible. 

 

 

Jay's Post:

The men cutting this cake represent the imperial powers dividing up Africa so they can benefit from its resources and manpower. The man cutting the cake is wearing a military uniform, because military force was used by countries to take and keep land that they wanted from the Africans. Because the European countries' armies were so powerful, it was "a piece of cake" for them to exploit Africa.

 

This political cartoon is based on Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden" (at the top of the page)

 

 

Brian's Post:

 

 

     This cartoon shows that the world is reaching out to gain sources of materials, such as gold and other vaulable item. Also show that Africa is being controlled by other large nation of Europe. It can also represent that even nations that are a far distance away from africa, they are still reaching out their long arms to gain controlled over some parts of Africa. 

Alyssa's Post:

Alyssa's Post: This political cartoon is representing how all of the different countries were taking all of the different parts of Africa for themselves so they can get more money. The gold digger title in the corner can be taken looked at as very specific or very broad . It can be taken very specific because individuals were digging for Africa's resources to make more money for their country during the time of imperialism. The big picture of the cartoon can be taken as the countries as a whole exploiting Africa's resources for their own wealth and benefit. 

 

(Victoria) This picture is depicting Imperialism with Africa as a pizza that different countries in Europe feel as if they have a fair share of. In reality, Africa was not for anyone's taking. However it was rich in resources and land, and this drew everyone in. Whichever country had the most resources had the most power, and in the late 1800s, and to this day, having the most power among your piers is important. It means that in the end, what you say goes. 

 

Mikayla's Post:

                                                                                                

In this photo you can see all the animals representing different countries such as the Russian bear, the British lion, the American eagle, and others. They are all surrounded China, which is represented as a sleeping dragon in the middle. The cartoon is stating that all the other countries are ready to attack China, even while it is sleeping. It's saying the imperial powers are ready to attack a resting China.

 

 

Mikayla's Post: In this photo, you see what looks like rulers from different countries surrounding a piece of paper that says "Chine" on it which also means "China." They are cutting into it, while a Chinese man protests in the back. This cartoon represents the imperial powers; the Russians, the British, the Germans etc. cutting into China and dividing it up. It shows the inability for China to defend itself and the ease of which the imperialist countries can do what they want.

 

 

 

 

Jess's Post:

 

 

 

In this picture, we have a gathering of grim reapers surrounding the continent of Africa. As we known, Africa has nearly 90% of it's land conquered by foreign powers, and are being controlled through their forms of Imperialism. However, with the growing hostilities of the Africans in regards to their disliking of foreign peoples on their land, there are numerous other complications which affect how the indigenous people will operate and coincide with their new rulers such as: drought, disease, poverty. and hunger. All the complications have labeled one of the reapers, indicating the struggle Africa as a continent had as a whole.

Jess's Post: I don't really know why this one is so big lol.

But in this picture, there are two black men. The one on the right looks more native and primitive, while the other is dressed in a western-like fashion and seems to be more modernised. Both have the same skin color, and represent the same place of origin. However, both of them look rather displeased with what they're holding in their hands. First off, the caption on the piece of paper between their hands is a form of racial slur by using the word "de" inside of "the". Then the usage of the word "Christian" is used in the phrase as well, which is most likely not their native religion. So this picture brings into question why people of a different land, and of a different race, are forced to believe in the same religion as the people for forcefully took over their land. 

 

 

TJ's Post:

 

This political cartoon shows the different nations all getting their share of Africa.  The pizza is showed to give a pun saying that each country will get "a piece of what they desire".  The comic directly and indirectly shows very similar meanings.  As you can see from the picture it shows the European countries all trying to take control of Africa. There isn't a secret message because that's what the cartoon shows in plain site; the countries using Africa for resources and their people.

 

TJ's Post: This political cartoon shows a squid-man with the country "England" written on him trying to grab other countries.  What the political cartoon is trying to say is that Great Britain was the strongest country at this time and they wanted a piece of every country.  This cartoon is showing an English-man trying to take a piece, if not take over, every single country to claim as his own.

 

 

 

(Shaelyn Heft) This political cartoon is documenting the time of imperialism where every country in Europe wanted a portion of Africa in order to steal resources. Countries in the cartoon, such as Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, and Great Britain wanted Africa for more land to harvest things that were no longer in Europe. 

 

(Shaelyn Heft) This politcal cartoon depicts the so called "Europe's Game of Twister" with people, representing all of the European contries fighting overt the same goal; land in Africa. 

 

Andrew's posts (2):

This comic proves that slaves seemingly have no choice when it comes to being a part of the European slave trade. The comic depicts an African man being coiled by a snake whose head embodies the face of a King. Slaves are (not really) given the choice to choose between continuing a dangerous life in Africa or "starting" a new life in Europe with "better work opportunities".

 

European values always included treating men and brothers with equal value. Slaves, once in Europe, pleaded that they should be treated the same. They question why they are treated differently.

 

Sarah's Post:

 

This  cartoon is criticizing America, among other countries, for being greedy.

 

 

This cartoon portrays leading European powers a people at a buffet of land picking and choosing.

 

Luke's Post:

 

A cartoon showing various national stereotypes gambling.  The chips being used are labeled as colonized countries.  It is satirizing how superpowers played with entire nations in a game of politics not taking into account that there were lives being toyed with.  Exemplifying how these areas were basically reduced to monetary values instead of land with its own native culture and people.

 

 

Will's post: 

 

Essentially this cartoon breaks down how imperialism is simply how bigger more developed nations (the U.S in this case) employ militarization (shown by the tanks and what not) and ideology (which is kinda like the modern day cult religion. Substituting the notion of saving the souls of the barbarians with liberating the rights of the oppressed) to exploit the third worlds of their wealth (the picture shows oil which definitely rings true however such resources aren't limited to just raw materials. Goods, people, services. Look at G.B . I must have Indian call centers, Chinese tea, and African slaves.) 

 

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