Political Cartoon

            This political cartoon was made in the 1906's when President John F. Kennedy was in office. It is explaining the time when Canada could not decide weather to use nuclear weapons. It was created by a Canadian for the reason of this on going debate among America and Canada. President John F. Kennedy and his administration were trying to persuade Canada for only excepting weapons from the United States. Thus, explaining the man who is Prime Minister Lester Pearson sitting down had a shot gun on top of his head. Prime Minister Lester Pearson did not seem to agree to President John F. Kennedy's plan but them later agreed to it. 

              In this political cartoon it was in the time when President John F. Kennedy was dealing with the problems in Cuba. There was going to be a nuclear war with Cuba due to Eisenhower plan that President John F. Kennedy could not stop. However, he did save the american people after all because he talked to Soviets even if they were are enemy. The U.S.S.R placed missiles in Cuba and that is when the United States felt threatened  so they put missiles in Turkey with the permission of President Kennedy. Then there was a negotiation between the U.S.S.R. and the United States which was achieved by diplomacy. this negotiation prevented a nuclear war which is the picture above. 

                 This political cartoon was created during President John F. Kennedy's presidency and it was about mid way of his presidency. The man responsible for the cartoon was Herbert Block. Throughout President Kennedy's presidency he had an ample amount of foreign affairs which her foreign policy concerns which most revolved around the Cold War. During Presidents John F. Kennedy's term the American-Soviet relations were not considered well there was great tension. The tension could then break in the form of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the cartoon there are two men Kennedy and Nikita Kruschec who is a leader form the Soviet Union. Both are trying to keep the beast or animal that is a symbol for a nuclear war in a cage or to keep it contained.