Purchase of Alaska

This cartoon is about the Purchase of Alaska. I know this because the Russian land is in an treaty wagon and that piece of land was Alaska. The cartoonist's message on the topic is that it was a waste to buy the land. I say this because in the back, there is a Russian holding the money with a look that he tricked the American who bought it. One opinion may be that the land was a good idea and was a good purchase. I say this because the face that was made could've meant that the Americans are lucky ti have that land. One technique that was used was labeling and I know this because I see the wagon labeled treaty and the land labeled Russian America. Another technique used is exaggeration and I know this because two men could not have carried Russian land. This doesn't support my view on American Imperialism. The reason for this is because buying Russsian land is spreading influence and taking Russians.