Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

This encounter does not seem, at present, a happy one for poor Cuba

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  • Stepping across the ocean, the United States and Spain clash over Cuba. In 1895, Cuban revolutionaries began fighting for independence from Spain. The Spanish response was draconian under Spanish General Valeriano (“The Butcher”) Weyler y Nicolau. Many Americans wanted to help the Cubans, both because they supported independence for the island and because they believed an independent Cuba would prove to be a better trade partner for the United States. When the U.S.S. Maine blew up in Havana harbor in 1898, the Spanish were blamed, and the US and Spain went to war. Political cartoons in 19th Century often depicted America as a woman, Columbia. During the Spanish-American War, many cartoons began to depict the United States as a man, Uncle Sam, as seen here.
  • Note: Originally published in the German Magazine Kladderadatsch, April 24, 1898. Reprinted in The American Monthly Review of Reviews, p.670.
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  • June 1898
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  • Digital ID: d_2074
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  • American monthly review of reviews, vol.17, no.6
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  • SPEC.CGA.KPH
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  • Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
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  • AP2 .A505
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  • This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
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  • 14.2 x 11.2 cm
Credit line: Karl Hubenthal Collection, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

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