Spanish American War and Philippine American WarPolitical Cartoons

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Business

• Agenda:• Do Now/Review• Business• “White Man’s Burden”• Lecture/Timeline• Political Cartoon

Analysis• Debrief

Homework:-Debrief, if not finished

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Timeline

• February 1986: Spain began placing Cuban rebels in concentration camps

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Timeline

• August 1896: Filipinos rebel against Spanish rule

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Timeline

• March, 1897: William McKinley is inaugurated as president

• December of 1897: McKinley asks Congress for money to support Cuban rebels… why?

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Timeline

• February 1898: deLome letter scandal

• February 1898: USS Maine explodes off of Havana Harbor

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Timeline

• April 1898: Congress declares war on Spain

• May 1898: US Navy destroys Spanish fleet in the Philippines

• July 1898 Spain surrenders to US in Cuba

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Timeline

• December 1898: Treaty of Paris is signed

• Platt Amendment (1901)

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Timeline

• February 1899: Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino rebel leader, declares war on the US

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Timeline

• April 1902: Last Filipino rebels surrender to the United States

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Example 1: Judge, 1899

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Example 2: Life, 1899

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Set A: Cartoon 1 Judge, 1899

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Set A: Cartoon 2 Life, 1900

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Set B: Cartoon 1 Judge, 1899

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Set B: Cartoon 2 Life, 1900

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Set C: Cartoon 1Puck, 1898

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Set C: Cartoon 2 Life, 1898

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Set D: Cartoon 1Puck, 1899

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Set D: Cartoon 2 Life, 1899

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Set E: Cartoon 1 Judge, 1899

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Set E: Cartoon 2 The World, 1898

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Set F: Cartoon 1 Judge, 1900

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Set F: Cartoon 2 Life, 1899