REPORT BY THE
PRESIDENT’S TASK FORCE
ON PUERTO RICO’S STATUS
Puerto Rico's political status
A report compiled on the question of Puerto Rico's continuing status as a commonwealth of the United States, including the opinion of the Puerto Rican people and its leadership, as well as expanding from solely focusing on the political status of Puerto Rico to include "...seeking advice
and recommendations on policies that promote job creation, education, health care, clean energy, and
economic development on the Island." - p.3
THE PRESIDENT’S TASK FORCE
ON PUERTO RICO’S STATUS
Office of the President of the United States
U.S. Government
March 2011
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Adobe Acrobat Document (.pdf), 15.2 MB
English
Document (.pdf)
United States/Puerto Rico/Political Status/REPORT BY THE
PRESIDENT’S TASK FORCE
ON PUERTO RICO’S STATUS
United States/Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Campaign Map (Spanish-American War)
United States military forces campaign map of Puerto Rico
Map of Puerto Rico under the USA and Spanish flags from August 14 til September 19, 1898. The 23 blue-colored municipalities are under the USA flag and the 55 yellow-colored municipalities are under the Spanish flag.
ElJohnson15
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Puerto_Rico_USA-Espa%C3%B1a.png
Wikipedia.org
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Still Image, Adobe Fireworks PNG File
United States/Spanish-American War/Puerto Rican Campaign
Spanish-American War/Puerto Rican Campaign
A Lesson for Anti-Expansionists
American Imperialism/Expansion
"Uncle Sam in progressive stages from childhood in 1783 to 1899, growing in number of states and acreage"
Gilliam, Victor
<a href="http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/treasures/Libraries/imagelibrary/142-545low.gif">http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/treasures/Libraries/imagelibrary/142-545low.gif</a>
Judge magazine
1899
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Still Image/Poster/Print/Cartoon
Uncle Sam/Bloated
United States/imperialism/Expansion
Columbia Reaches Out to Oppressed Cuba
Spanish-American War (Prior)
Judge magazine centerfold (Feb-6-1897) Columbia reaches out to oppressed Cuba with Blindfolded Uncle Sam in background illustrated by Hamilton
Grant E. Hamilton
Judge magazine centerfold
Feb-6-1897
Judge Magazine
Feb-6-1897
copyright expired
700×495 (97 kilobytes) MIME type: image/jpeg
Still Image/Political Cartoon
Columbia/UncleSam/Cuba
Caribbean/Cuba/Spain/United States
"Overheard in the National Art Gallery."
Annexation of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico and Hawai'i view a portrait of George Washington and describe the him as their stepfather
John Rivera-Resto
http://www.muralmaster.org/writings/AmerProp/028.jpg
Minneapolis Journal
300 x 293 pixels MIME type: image/jpeg
Still Image/Political Cartoon
Puerto Rico/Hawai'i/National Art Gallery/United States Propaganda
Puerto Rico/Hawai'i/United States
"A Trifle Embarrassed"
New Territories of the United States
Uncle Sam and Columbia standing at the entrance to the "U.S. Foundling Asylum" as a basket of crying children labeled "Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, [and] Philippine" is presented to them by a pair of arms representing "Manifest Destiny". Inside the courtyard behind the walls of the asylum are four children labeled "Texas, New Mexico, California [and] Alaska" playing together.
Keppler, Udo J.(1872-1956)
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012647587/
N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann
1898 August 3.
Rights belong to Keppler & Schwarzmann
879 x 569 pixels
Still Image/Political Cartoon
United States/Post Spanish-American War
United States/Alaska/California/New Mexico/Hawai'i/Texas/Puerto Rico/Phillipines/Cuba
School Begins
1899 political Cartoon published in Puck magazine
Quoted from http://praxisandcapital.tumblr.com/post/9576008695/zuky-this-1899-cartoon-published-in-puck
"This 1899 cartoon published in Puck magazine depicts Uncle Sam menacingly waving a stick at children labeled Philippines, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, as well as a Native American boy next to the door holding a book upside down, a Chinese boy outside the door, and a Black boy washing the window. The original caption reads:
School Begins. Uncle Sam (to his new class in Civilization): Now, children, you’ve got to learn these lessons whether you want to or not! But just take a look at the class ahead of you, and remember that, in a little while, you will feel as glad to be here as they are!
The blackboard reads:
The consent of the governed is a good thing in theory, but very rare in fact. — England has governed her colonies whether they consented or not. By not waiting for their consent she has greatly advanced the world’s civilization. — The U.S. must govern its new territories with or without their consent until they can govern themselves."
Louis Dalrymple
<a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/pschmid1/school-begins-lg.htm">http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/pschmid1/school-begins-lg.htm</a>
Puck magazine
1899
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Still image
Uncle Sam/Caribbean/Puerto Rico/Cuba/Philippines/Hawai'i/School begins
United States/Puerto Rico/Philippines/Cuba/School Begins
Tomassi statue
Luis Munoz Rivera
Luigi Tomassi sculpted this statue of LM Rivera
Luigi Tomassi
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Statue
Luis Munoz Rivera/statue/Luigi Tomassi
Puerto Rico/Ponce/Luis Munoz Rivera/statue/Luigi Tomassi
Uncle Sam Watches Lady Liberty and the Spanish Colonies
Spanish-American War of 1898
Uncle Sam watches as the "Goddess of Liberty" heralds freedom for Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines
Marshall,Everett. Chicago: Book Publisher's Union
http://www.spanamwar.com/imperialism.htm
Chicago: Book Publishers Union, 1899, (unnumbered page)
1899
This file is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of no more than the life of the author plus 100 years.
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English
Still Image/Political Cartoon
Political/cartoon/Spanish-AmericanWar/UncleSam/LadyLiberty/Colonies/PuertoRico/Cuba/Phillipines
Cuba/Phillipines/Puerto Rico/Spain/United States
Philippine Honor Roll; Officer and Six Enlisted Men Likely to Get Merit Certificate.
Battle of Mount Bagsak, Island of Jolo, Phillipines
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.
NY TIMES
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0714FC3D5E13738DDDA10894DB405B848DF1D3
The New York Times
March 8, 1914
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Adobe Acrobat File (.pdf)
United Sates/Philippines/Moro Rebels/Mount Bagsak
United States/Philippines/Island of Jolo