Imperialism Political Cartoons

I searched the terms: "19th century political cartoons Hawaii"
This cartoon really stuck out to me and is regarding an issue that I knew about before. Uncle Sam, who is portrayed as America, is casually walking and notices a dog following him. The dog has a collar saying "Japan" and there is a sausage in Uncle Sam's pocket sticking out saying "Hawaii". This makes me think of the Pearl Harbor bombing in Hawaii from Japan, the obviously America retaliated. This made me wonder perhaps the cartoonist was trying to portray an idea that America was baiting Japan with Hawaii.

This one is again about Hawaii and involves a see-saw and a sugar barrel. I already knew that some territories like Hawaii were of interest to America because of resources like sugar. Uncle Sam is happily standing on one end of the see-saw while perhaps a stereotypical Hawaiian person is sitting on the other. This makes me think the cartoonist is saying that it was easy for America to take over this territory and that the people there were uncivilized by the portrayal.
This cartoon actually include two little boys with hats saying "Nicaragua" and "Honduras". Both of these Central American countries are not currently part of the United States at all but maybe they could have been. Uncle Sam is again in the cartoon very large and pointing at them. This gives the idea that the cartoonist was interpreting America as far more significant than other smaller countries or territories nearby and that they could control whoever they wished. 

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