Question

whether they will or not, americans must now begin to look outward. the growing production of the country demands it. the position of the united states, between the old world and the two great oceans, makes the claim, which will soon be strengthened by the creation of a new link joining the atlantic and the pacific, by the advancing civilization of japan, and by the rapid peopling of our pacific states.\
—alfred t. mahan, \the united states looking outward,\ atlantic monthly, 1890\

1. according to the quote, why should americans look outward?\

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1. what is the

ew link\ that joins the atlantic and pacific?\
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1. what is meant by the \growing production of the country demands it?\\

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1. who in america would benefit from new markets? why?\

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1. what were the circumstances that led japan to become an \advancing civilization?\\

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in 1867 us secretary of state william seward arranged to purchase alaska for $7.2 million from russia.\
seward was ridiculed for the purchase and alaska was dubbed \seward’s icebox\ as many believed that nothing existed there except polar bears.\

1. according to the cartoonist, what is found in alaska?

Explanation:

The question is about analyzing a historical cartoon related to the purchase of Alaska. The cartoon's context (Seward's purchase of Alaska, ridiculed as "Seward's Icebox" with the belief that only polar bears were there) and the question about what the cartoonist shows is in Alaska. From the text, people thought Alaska had polar bears, and the cartoon likely reflects that. So the cartoonist shows polar bears (or implies that's what's in Alaska, as per the contemporary ridicule).

Answer:

According to the cartoonist (and the contemporary view), polar bears are found in Alaska (as Alaska was mocked as "Seward's Icebox" with the belief that nothing existed there except polar bears).