Spanish-American War

This political cartoon is about the Spanish-American War. Spain's territory's are Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Spain treated Cuba in a very harsh and poor manner. They treated them with poor economic resources. Once the U.S. heard about this,  they were very upset. They wanted to make Cuba part of their territory on behalf of giving them good resources and supplies. Once Spain heard that this was happening, they got very angry. Spain would not give up it's territory's so they did not sign a contract from the U.S. to let them take them. President McKinley was not very happy, so he declared war. The cartoonists techniques were labeling, WAR in the clouds, CUBA/HAVANA on the island. Symbolism was also a technique (Uncle Sam).