Spanish American War Political Cartoons. The non-factual made-up image in this political cartoon. Others might see this cartoon and think that such a spread out country would be a good thing.
This conflict occurred between the United States Spain and the Spanish colonies of Cuba and the Philippines due to the American intervention in the Cuban War for Independence and specifically the sinking of the American Battleship the Maine. Spanish- American War Political CArtoon. The old adage a picture is worth a thousand words proved true in the debate over the United States imperialist ambitions before during and in the aftermath of the SpanishAmerican War.
People in 1898 had varying levels of literacy and political cartoons in newspapers and magazines reached a wider audience than articles.
This scrapbook is a collection of political cartoons published in various newspapers during the Spanish-American War 1898. The old adage a picture is worth a thousand words proved true in the debate over the United States imperialist ambitions before during and in the aftermath of the SpanishAmerican War. Spanish American War Political Cartoons. The cartoonists message is that the actions that America took after the war were wrong.