Destroyed Europe--the ape is representing Germany and he has taken a lady (representing liberty). He is stepping onto the shores of America with Europe in the background destroyed.
This poster encourages support for US entry into World War I to protect the values of liberty in America. It suggests that Germany is made with power and will not stop with Europe but will continue to the US to destroy America as well.
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A: Cuba, when that happened it was also called the Cuban Missile Crisis.
It started in 18th century
<em>Basically the text is explaining that the way Americans level of skill made them unequaled to the rest of the world (mind, that is not a fact because there was a large share of well-working people in the world in this time) . Also it explains that American brain and ability to construct (why is this entire article just bragging about Americans being so much better when that's not 100% true?) was one of the most economic boosting things and they were very productive for that timeframe.</em>
<em>That's my best understanding of the article. (Scholastic really likes to brag about Americans, huh?)</em>
<em>-Northstar</em>