1898: Imperial Views and Surveys of the United States focuses on three conflicts that helped shape their current sphere of power: the 1898 War, also known as the Spanish–American War; Congressional resolution on the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands in July of that year and the Philippine-American War (1899-1913).
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It was a turbulent and controversial geopolitical period in which USA moved beyond the continent with the final occupation Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines And Guamplus the annexation of Hawaii.
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“At that time, very important questions arose about the contradiction between being a country based on anti-colonial struggle and becoming one with the overseas territories.”
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For the first time, the Smithsonian Institution Museum is exploring these conflicts, and it is doing so with over 90 works and objects that depict both those who promoted this imperialist vision, such as former U.S. President James Monroe (1817-1825), and those who spoke against this, as the writer Mark Twain.
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“Spain plays a key role. Without war Cuba which is not given for 1998. A war that leads to the acquisition of territories is a war against Spain. There is a change, a transition into the world geopolitical order, which means the decline of the Spanish territory.
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The sinking of the USS Maine in the port of Havana at the end of the last Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898) caused US military intervention in Cuba.
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The American tabloids contributed to the public consensus against Spain and in favor of the war and paved the way for USA was done with the Spanish territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific. The image shows José Martí, a Cuban hero and a key figure in the island’s war of independence against Spain.
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The conflict officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898, according to which USA declared sovereignty over Puerto Rico and Guam, established a protectorate in Cuba and bought Spain for 20 million dollars the Philippines, a country with which the United States later went to war when the island declared its independence, and the US authorities did not recognize it. The image of the box with documents of the petition to the island of Guam from the USA.
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People walk past My Favorite Hawaiian Flag on display at the National Portrait Gallery. Hawaii is one of the islands incorporated into the United States during its imperial expansion.
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