Spanish-American War Cartoons

The Spanish-American War (1898) was a conflict between the U.S. and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in the United States aquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. At that time of conflicts, some wars were being influenced by propagandas and yellow journalism. Propaganda is a type of communication that is focused on influenced in the opinion of the reader toward a cause or position. Yellow journalism was a style of  newspaper reporting that emphasized sentionalism over facts. The yellow journalism at the time would be: the New York World and the New York Journal. They were one of many resons that helped the U.S. and Spain into war in Cuba and the Philippines.

 Political cartoons published  during the Spansh-American War:

"Remember the Maine". The Yellow press wanted to influence the U.S. to go into war with Spain because of the explosion that happend with the country's battleship.

President Mckinley trying to contain war pressure

A bald eagle extending its wings over the United States empire

Muckrakers

 The Progressive Era was a time in American history in which social activism and political reform was taking over the country during the years of 1890s to 1920s. Muckrakers were very important during this time because they were journalist who worked to expose waste, corruption or abuse in politics,industry and society
Some of the most important muckrakers were:

Samuel Hopkins Adams:  He wrote The American Fraud in 1905. Adams focused on exposing the frauds in the patent medicines.

The Great American Fraud book

                                           

Jacob Riis: The Other Half Lives. Riis managed to expose the slums present in the urban cities.

                   

How the Other Half Lives

                     

 Uptain Sinclair: Wrote the book named The Jungle. He exposed the U.S. meat-packing industry.

                                               

                                                        The Jungle book

Ida M. Tarbell was known for exposing the corruptions in the Standard Oil Company. She also wrote the book The History of Standard Oil Company.

The History of Standard Oil Company 

                                               

John Spargo was an American reformer and author, he wrote The Bitter Cry of Chidren (child children). He was responsible for the exposure of child labor.

The Bitter Cry of the Children

Thanksgiving holiday makes me reflect on everything that I have in life, and on how I’m thankful for everything that my father and God have provided me! I’m incredibly thankful for the life I have, for the house I live in and for the food that I eat every day. I’m also thankful for living in a country like the U.S. that provides me with security, education and freedom!

Statue of Liberty