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A campaign medal for the Spanish-American War of 1898

Map of Battle of Coamo

McKinley/Roosevelt election poster highlighting Republican achievements in economy and liberation of Cuba

"...from the Minneapolis Tribune, depicts President McKinley holding onto a savage-looking child, the Philippines. He is contemplating whether to “keep” the archipelago, “return” it to Spain, or setting it on his own path. The editors at the…

A greedy Uncle Sam reaches out for Cuba and Spain wishes to protect it from falling into American hands

Backed by the power of the U.S. Navy, Roosevelt aims a large gun at Europe, represented by a monarch with "claims" in hand, attempting to reach Santo Domingo.

Jules-Martin Cambon, French Ambassador to the United States, signs the Treaty of Paris.

Political Cartoon representing Teddy Roosevelt's "Big Stick" policy in the Caribbean and Central America

The battle that ended the indigenous resistance to American occupation of the Philippines following the cession of the Philippines from Spain to the United States, at the end of the Spanish-American War (1898), which was fought in June 1914.

"Uncle Sam in progressive stages from childhood in 1783 to 1899, growing in number of states and acreage"