The Spanish American War of 1898 was a war that lasted only ten weeks between the United States and Spain. A declaration of war was declared to Spain by the United States because of the sinking of the United States Ship Maine‚ but other causes that fueled America with the desire of war was the United States support for Cuban independence‚ business interests within Cuba because of their sugar‚ as well as the growing instigation of the United States newspapers that is called “Yellow Journalism”. During
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World War II was a dark time for the world. Not only was an entire race being exterminated but also over 60 million people were killed in this conflict. Most of Europe has been taken over by the Nazi‚ the head of the Axis. The United States eventually jumped into the fight‚ joining the Allies‚ after the Pearl Harbor attack. The citizens of the US only heard stories of what was happening in Europe. They needed more visual pieces of information to explain the situation. The political cartoons from
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“American imperialism in 1898 was not a sudden abandonment of anti-colonial tradition but was a logical extension of commercial expansion‚ something the US had been doing throughout its history” (SparkNotes: The Spanish American War‚ 1898-1901‚: Effects of the Treaty). President McKinley was not interested in wars of conquest or of territorial aggression. His interest in expansion was “to make the United States first in international commerce and as a means to implement its humanitarian and democratic
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want to get involved in the Spanish-American War‚ but was dragged into it due to yellow journalism‚ they wanted to control the seas‚ and wanted complete control over Cuba." The Spanish-American War - "The Splendid Little War" Pia DeAngelis Mr. Fishman Period 7 For 113 days during the summer of 1898‚ the United States was at war with Spain. Neither the president of the United States‚ nor his cabinet‚ nor the the queen of Spain‚ nor her ministers wanted the war wanted the war. It happened eventhough they
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The political cartoon “The Media” by illustrator and graphic novelist Vincent Kao was drawn for the 2015 Paula F Pfeffer and Cheryl Johnson-Odim Political Cartoon Contest. The image portrays and criticizes the media’s bias and tendency to report matters differently due to race. The illustration depicts a news report of two boys who were shot by police‚ one who was an unarmed African American civilian‚ and the other a Caucasian murder suspect who are characterized differently through appearance and
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It was on April 25‚ 1898 that Spain and the United States. As a result of the war the United States acquired territories in the Pacific and in Latin America. The war seemed to start when Cuba was struggling to gain independence from Spain. This was long before Cuba was a threat to us during the Cold War. This was early February of 1898. Being so close to America‚ American sympathy for the rebels rose. There was large demand for U.S. intervention after an unexplained sinking of the USS Maine. In April
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Political Cartoon Analysis It is common knowledge that during the mid to late 1800’s‚ the United States received a flux in immigration from China‚ largely due to the need for workers in the construction of Continental Railroads and various mining operations across the nation. Families left China and came to the United States in hopes of joining work camps or bettering themselves through private business in the US. What is not necessarily common knowledge is the response to this increase in immigration
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Part I I decided I would do my political cartoon on gun control‚ so I googled gun control cartoon images and came across the above cartoon. At first glance I thought the cartoon artist was in support of guns‚ by clearly listing out the number of jobs that are related to the sale and manufacturing of guns‚ thus making the statement guns sales provide jobs. The image provided a link to another site (courant.com/news/opinion/cartoon) that provided the commentary from cartoonist- Bob Englehart. After
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The Spanish American War On April 25‚ 1898‚ the United States became concerned in a war with Spain and began an eight-month war amid the United States and Spain called the Spanish-American War. This action was motivated by Spain’s attack on the Battleship Maine in Havana port on February 15‚ 1898. The United States acted based on the Monroe Doctrine and consideration for the Cuban’s fight for liberty. The Monroe Doctrine was written in 1823‚ and declared that: The Americas were not destined
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In the political cartoon I chose the cartoonist uses Valentine’s Day to show how bringing down trade barriers between the United States and Europe will make the two countries closer. The President of the United States and the President of Europe are shown as cupids shaking hands‚ representing how trading together will bring everyone in their country closer to each other. The trade barrier is the only thing separating the two. The creator of the Cagle Cartoon believes that there should be no trade
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