John Siliga Composition II Cartoon Analysis August 15‚ 2014 Putting On A Show For decades people have migrated to America from all over the world in hopes of having that beautiful home with a white picket fence and a yard big enough for two children and a dog. Today‚ people are still chasing that dream. They haven’t realized that the American Dream is merely just that‚ a dream. These immigrants believe that by coming to America their life will suddenly be better and easier. What’s worse is that
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1. Was the Spanish American War in fact a "splendid little war"? What was splendid about it? Yes it was in fact a “splendid little war”. There were a few things that made the Spanish American Was receive that nickname. The war lasted only 115 days and the death outcome was far less than any other war. The United States gained Puerto Rick as well as Guam and other islands in the pacific. In the book it stated that “If ever there were a good war‚ it was the Spanish-American war. The war ended with
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practiced isolationism. In contrast‚ the U.S. declared war on Spain and assisted Cuba. 2. The U.S. was interested in Cuba for several reasons. Firstly‚ it is geographically close and provides exports like sugar. Also‚ Cuba would be able to assist in the United States’ control of the Caribbean‚ through a naval base. The explosion of the USS Maine created tensions that would cause U.S. involvement. 3. U.S. involvement in the Spanish-American was partly due to
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Filipino Insurrection During the Spanish-American War the Filipinos were allies to the United States and helped them fight against the Spanish. After the war the United States decided to maintain possession of the Philippines‚ which angered Aguinaldo. This led to Aguinaldo organizing an insurrection against the U.S. Since the Filipinos were outnumbered by American Soldiers they had to use guerilla warfare. The Filipinos that fought in the insurrection believed they were fighting for the same
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Bohan Fan The wink Cartoonist Glenn McCoy published a political cartoon about one of the presidential candidates Hillary Clinton on September 10th 2015. The cartoon focuses on a recent incident of Mrs. Clinton. She not only uses a personal email account and sever when she was the secretary of the state ‚ but also deleted some of the e-mails which she consider
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I analyzed a political cartoon from the Star Ledger about Chris Christie and his race for becoming president. The political cartoon shows Christie and a man‚ who is probably his campaign manager. His manger is telling him that his run isn’t doing well‚ that he is low on money to continue to support his campaign‚ and that he should probably go back to New Jersey. He is saying this because Christie only got one percent support in the recent debate‚ and with his he was disqualified from this debate
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This political cartoon shows President NoyNoy with the word “political maneuvers” written on his arm pushing two letters‚ the R and the H with difficulty because of big rocks with the words objection‚ 2013 polls and moral issues written on each rock. The cartoon also shows how hard it was for Pnoy because of the sweat on his head. Symbols that were used in this political cartoon are 1) the word “political maneuver” on Pnoy’s arm‚ 2) the letter R and H‚ and 3) the rocks with the word “objection”
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Anti-Imperialism Editorial- Spanish American War The Spanish American War is simply an abomination of American morals and ideals. Spain and the United States are currently in conflict‚ as a result of American intervention in Cuba. America has yet again impressed its indomitable will upon fledgling nations‚ and in this case‚ one that did not even need “help” especially since it was already under Spanish control‚ regardless of how relaxed or ineffective that role may have been. This war has become an important
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America; his cartoons appear in every issue of Dollars and Sense Magazine; he is better known for his graphic novel ‘Hereville’; published by Abrams in 2010. This cartoon was made in 2012 and the author drew this political cartoon (like all his other political cartoons) to raise awareness of issues that he cares about e.g. feminism‚ racism‚ poverty‚ immigration etc. The issue of equal pay in the workplace is being portrayed in this cartoon. Women are being portrayed negative way in this cartoon; with the
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2. | 22.01-018 | | The major issue in the Spanish-American War was the independence of * CUBA | | | | | | | | | 3. | 22.01-020 | | In February 1898 the American battleship ________ mysteriously exploded in Havana harbor. * MAINE | | | | | | | | | 4. | 22.01-034 | | According to the map‚ "The United States in
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