In 1898 the battleship U.S.S. Maine was sent to protect American interests in Spanish-ruled Cuba. Suddenly the U.S.S. Maine blew up in Havana harbor taking the lives of 266 men. The American media stipulated war. Reacting to a blockade on Cuba ordered by President McKinley, the Spanish had declared war. During this time congress was debating whether or not the United States. should favor international expansion. The Republicans heavily favored United States expansion while most Democrats did not support expansion. Expansion did not only signify obtaining other countries, but also the installation of American culture upon foreign societies.

Document A is “Uncles Sam’s territorial expansion dinner. The dinner is portrayed by a table resembling various countries from Spanish colonial rule; being chosen as fruits, spices and vegetables. The Republicans also known as the G.O.P who favored expansion are at the right with a plate full of goods. At the other end is the Democratic Donkey with an empty plate, not favoring expansion. This portrays the Republican Party favoring the expansion of the United States. Most republicans favored the growth of the Un

Document E portrays the Filipino President Emilio Aguinaldo opposing the United States. After being relinquished by Spain to the United States Aguinaldo declared the Independence of the Philippines. In this picture Uncle Sam is showing Aguinaldo, President McKinley’s personal desire stating that the Philippines will not have self-autonomy and will be controlled by the United States. Aguinaldo opposes Uncle Sam with a machete in his hand, which is used to cut down jungle shrubbery and symbolize resistance and strength. Aguinaldo is being portrayed to be smaller and inferior to the more powerful Uncle Sam. This clearly showed in favor of Republican ethnocentricity with Filipino resistance. This document apparently shows United States favoring expansion in this case, wanting the Philippine Islands.

Hypocritically, the United States is built on a solid rock made from, liberty and justice for all. The United States country where not one person’s individual god given rights is stripped or denied. The framework of the United States is written in a document that we call the Constitution. The constitution has been ratified and amended many times due to the accurate perception of justice over looked by men, who in every century forget the emblem of Independence of the United States. During this period of the late 19th century the executive and senate, citizens forgot what the United States stood for and contradicted themselves with the favoring of expansion and the denial of autonomy of other countries.

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