I thought this was an interesting one, because we did talk about how America tried to put the blame on Spain for blowing up the Maine, even though now we know it was technical difficulties. I tried to look up some proganda that was happening in Spain, and I could only find this creepy picture of Uncle Sam.
It says at the bottom to keep the island so it won't get lost. I thought this was interesting because you can see the people drowning in the ocean, but that's not what Uncle Sam/ America care about. America only cares about gaining more territory and it also helps Spain side because Uncle Sam looks really ugly and scary in the picture.
I sadly could not find any propaganda flowing through Cuba at the time, but obviously without a doubt there was. I just find the whole concept of propaganda campaigns to be fascinating because they are usually pretty clever and funny and interesting way to look at the history of our values as a nation at the time.
I thought all the propaganda shown was really interesting. It really drives the point that every situation, war, and complication in history is never as it seems. Everything can be looked at from a different view point, and can be seen as good or bad based on that. In reference to the Spanish American War, from the U.S.'s point of view Spain is the barbaric and ruining country because the supposedly blew up the Maine. While from Spain's point of view the U.S. is the enemy and barbaric group.
ReplyDeletePropaganda in different countries can really change the course of war or other problems. Without its use many people in the countries would not know what was going on and wouldn't support the different causes. The support of the people can mean the difference between winning a war and losing. In addition, propaganda can be used to sway the readers opinions to what the writer wants it to be, and not whether it is right or not. That ability has lead many people to make bad decisions in who they support (a.k.a. Nazi propaganda).