Spanish-American War

The Platt Amendment was a key piece of legislation that governed the relationship between the United States and Cuba. It limited Cuba's sovereignty by granting the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs. It also required Cuba to lease or sell land for American naval bases, most notably…

The Teller Amendment was a declaration stating that the United States would not annex Cuba after liberating it from Spain. Proposed by Senator Henry M. Teller, it aimed to reassure the American public and the international community that U.S. intervention in Cuba was to establish Cuban independence…

Clifford Berryman's political cartoon "Separated," published in the Washington Post, illustrates the congressional debate over Puerto Rican governance. Following its acquisition from Spain after the Spanish-American War, the question was whether Puerto Rico should be subject to the U.S.

"Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government" is a political cartoon by W.A. Rogers. It satirizes American imperial expansion after the Spanish-American War.

"The Cuban Melodrama" is a political cartoon by C.J. Taylor that depicts the escalating tensions between Spain, Cuba, and the United States before the Spanish-American War.

The 1901 Supreme Court case DeLima v. Bidwell marked the first of the Insular Cases. The dispute originated when the DeLima Sugar Importing Company contested the import taxes on sugar shipped from Puerto Rico to New York. The company argued that since Puerto Rico was transferred to U.S. control in…

School Begins is a 1899 political cartoon created by Louis Dalrymple. It was published in Puck magazine. The cartoon satirizes American imperialism following the Spanish–American War.

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> "The current was too strong, the demagogues too numerous, the fall elections too near"</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">In the wily, elusive leader of the Philippine Insurrection a bedeviled Uncle Sam almost met his match.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> To the question of acquiring new territories overseas, and owning colonies, one group of Americans answered with a resounding “No!”</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> A Negro cavalry regiment was John J. Pershing’s “home” in the service. From it came his nickname, and he never lost his affection for—or failed to champion—the valorous colored troopers he led.</span> </p>

<p>He <span class="deck">had vivid memories of fighting in Cuba with Theodore Roosevelt. </span><span class="body">“We’d have gone to hell with him.”</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">A Volunteer’s Eyewitness Account of the War With Spain</span> </span></p>

<p>His reward for heroism was to become “the most kissed man in America”</p>

<p><span class="deck">Giving the men who died aboard America’s first battleship a decent funeral took 14 years, three-quarters of a million dollars, and some hair-raising engineering. But, in the end, they did it right.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Sexy and melancholy, festive and forlorn, the island has always heated the Yankee imagination. The author visits there in the late afternoon of a straitened era and looks back on four centuries of passionate misunderstandings.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> Don’t You Know There’s a War On?</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">Our war with Spain marked the first year of the American century.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> The White Man’s Burden</span> </p>

<p>The United States waged a brutal, racist war in the Philippines, but then became devoted to greatly improving the lives of people in America's only colony.</p>

<p><span class="deck"> As a Rough Rider in the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt’s attention to nature and love of animals were much in evidence, characteristics that would later help form his strong conservationist platform as president</span> </p>

<p>Although his flamboyant successor, Theodore Roosevelt, greatly overshadowed him, William McKinney deserves credit for establishing the United States as a global power, acquiring Hawaii and Puerto Rico, establishing the “fair trade” doctrine, and paving the way for TR’s accomplishments.</p>

<p>McKinley and his Secretary of War were accused of negligence and corruption in the conflict, including forcing soldiers to eat "embalmed beef."</p>