Michael Rivera

Americans control over Philippines 

     

            How American gained Control:  America gained control of the Philippines during the Spanish American war in 1898. After Spain's defeat, the ceded the colony of the Philippines to the U.S in the Treaty of Paris. About 2 days after the ratification  of the treaty, mayhem broke out between Americans and Filipino nationalists led by Emolio Aquinaldo. The Philippines gained there control when representatives from the US and the Republic of the Philippines signed the treaty general relations. This put a end to the US control over the Philippine islands. 

The Haiyan typhoon; This Typhoon was a catastrophe, almost causing permanent to the Philippines. The president declared the destruction a national calamity.About 6 months after, the US Red cross donated $56.8 million. They also had deployed 46 disaster specialists to help with sheltering. The money helped send cash grants to 59,000 families effected. The red cross is now helping families rebuild homes to hope have a national reconstruction. 

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Spanish American War cartoons

Michael Rivera
December/15/2014

The reality of The Spanish American War

                                          

                                The Spanish American war took place in 1898, it was a conflict between America and Spain over The Spanish colonial rule over America. The war originated from the Cubans looking for independence from Spain. Many cartoons where published in news papers or posters. Propaganda, using a symbol or image that is not portrayed correctly or shows a opposite meaning, was commonly used in these cartoons. Also yellow journalism which is using sensationalism and crude exaggeration, was very common. The result of this was signing of the Treaty of Paris, written on December, 10, 1898 which granted Cuba its independence and causing Spain to cede Porto Rico and Guam.

This cartoon shows the "Bright color" of America beating up a beaten up Spain. The phrase "Spain sees stars and stripes" is a metaphor commonly used to when someone takes trauma and seeing stars. Although being referred to Spain seeing the stars and Stripes of America.

This cartoon portrays the three countries Guam, Porto Rico, and Cuba, knocking on the door of the U.S. The kids look like they need help and show sorrow and fear. Uncle Sam walks out with smile looking like he wants to help. This explains how these three countries helped gained freedom from Spain with the help of the U.S. With that being said they made the idea of making them helpless kids show them a week and helpless.

This cartoon shows Theodore Roosevelt leaving the "foot prints" of America on the Caribbean sea. He carry's along with him naval ships showing what will happen to the countries now that they are a part of America. He's holding his "Big Stick", which he mentions while this was going on. This is very common in Theodore Roosevelt cartoons.

Famous Muckrakers

Michael Rivera

Famous Muckrakers

    

Progressive Era; Was a period of a social activism and political reform in United States that flourished from the 1890s to the 1920s. 

Muckraker:Reform minded journalists who wrote largely for all poplar magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting.

Upton Sinclair;

His main focus was on the meat packing industry in Chicago. His best seller "The Jungle" published in 1904 explains the conditions the workers endured during there employment. Workers where severely injured and became very sick. The book was to show people what these workers had to deal with, considering they gained a very low income for there line of work. Also that no safety precautions where given.

John Spargo;       His main focus was on the children labor. He wrote the book The Bitter Cry of Children in 1906. The Main focus of this story was to explain how children lives where almost ruined to working conditions. Children of very young ages would work in very dangerous environments.








Lincon steffens: His main focus was on the corruptions St. Louis, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York. His book, "The shame of the cities written in 1904, explains the corrupt government throughout America.









Ray Stannard Baker: His main focus on the conditions of coal miners. The conditions where explained in the book "The Right to work." published in 1904. Many coal workers risked there lives to work in mines. With almost no training at all where sent to work in the dangerous mines.






Jacob Riis: His main focus was on living conditions of lower east of Manhattan. His book "How the other half lives: Studies among the tenements of New York. He explains how tenements where torn down, and how they only improved sewers. Also how garbage collection became and issue in those areas.