The Purchase of Alaska

 

The political cartoon is the president Andrew Johnson and William Sewar with Alaska. The cartoonist's message was that people think Alaska is just a block of ice. Since nobody knows what is in Alaska, people would think that Alaska is useless and just a block of ice. But after people saw what is in Alaska, their opinions would change. The maker of the cartoon use labeling and symbolism. Alaska is labeled Russian America because before America bought it, it was a part of Russia. Alaska was bought on a treat that is why the wheel barrel has the word treaty. This cartoon symbols that people thought that Alaska was a block of ice.