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America became involved in on April 25, 1898

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America became involved in on April 25, 1898

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The Spanish American war was fought in Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba

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America became involved in the war after a long discussion until Congress gave in and declared war. The fighting began in the Philippines where the Spanish had a large colony. American naval fleets steamed into Manila Bay and opened fire. Eventually the battle was won with the help of Filipino citizens. After that win America went into Santiago where the Spanish had dug in. By the nightfall, America took the hill and after only four months the war was over.

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This cartoon shows that America was militarily powerful and destroyed the Spanish with our naval fleet.

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The Spanish American War led the America taking the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam. This can be seen as a positive or a negative. In the future there is some debates in the Philippines so it was most likely not the greatest thing.

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America went to war with the Philippines in 1898

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America went to war with the Philippines in 1898

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The war in the Philippines took place in the Philippines. ( who would have guessed it)

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After the Spanish-American War the Philippines were owned by the U.S.. Despite McKinley's effort the Filipinos moved ahead in the plans for independence. America refused to recognize the government and eventually fighting broke out. More than 200,000 Filipinos died but they lost. America set up a central government and fixed up the islands. The U.S. held on to the Philippines until 1946 when they granted independence.

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This cartoon has the opinion that America Saved the Philippines and brought them a better life.

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One positive thing that came out of the war was that the Philippines got new schools, harbors, etc the was built by America.

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America helped Panama become independent in 1903 and built the canal from 1904-1914

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America helped Panama become independent in 1903 and built the canal from 1904-1914

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The Panama Canal was built in Panama (Surprising) which became independent with help of the U.S.

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America was looking at building a canal to connect the Atlantic to the Pacific and saw Panama. The problem was that is was owned by Colombia. With American help eventually Panama was independent. Right after that America jumped in and forced them to let the U.S. build the Canal.

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The cartoon was for the building of the canal. It shows Roosevelt as a powerful and strong man who can do what he wants.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Something positive is that America now had a canal that connected the Atlantic and Pacific. They could now use it for trade and maybe even tax it's users.

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WWI took place all over the world but it was mostly fought in Europe,

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America joined in Trench warfare in 1917 when they join WWI

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America joined in Trench warfare in 1917 when they join WWI

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Most of the Trench warfare in WWI was in France

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The Paris Peace Conference was in January of 1919

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The Paris Peace Conference was in January of 1919

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The Paris Peace Conference took place in Versailles

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America joined the war when they were attacked and impacted from the war. Americans were killed and so America got passionate about fighting back. The people wanted revenge on the people they lost

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This cartoon was saying that Americans were growing their troops

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The positive part of American entry was how it brought the nation together. The war brought [people together on something they were pationate about

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When America entered the war they had joined in a trench stand still. This meant they were thrown into the trenches to fight. The soldiers were not prepared and many died. The conditions alone were horrible but the fighting was ruthless.

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This cartoon is describing the difficult life that the soldiers had to live to fight.

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The Negative part about trench warfare was the conditions. The soldiers were forced to live in the dirty and disease filled trenches

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America was a part of the Paris Peace Conference. They didn't want Germany to be blamed or to be punished in a huge way. They wanted for there to be peace and wanted to create a group to stop it from happening again.

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This political cartoon is saying that Germany had no say and was forced to agree to the terms

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The negative was that some of the terms were so harsh that it eventually led to WW2. The people of Germany revolted and started the second world war