War of the Spanish Succession

The Spanish American war was a conflict between the United States, and Spain. The war was fought because a lot of people wanted cuba to become independent, and many Americans wanted their country to get a colonial empire. The war was declared on April 25, 1898, and ended on August 12, 1898. The war had officially ended with the Treaty of Paris being signed on December 10, 1898. There were many causes that contributed to the Spanish American war, some of these causes were Yellow journalism,…

Causes of Wars • Long-term Causes The Spanish Civil War was a culmination of the internal civil unrest of Spain. Spain was divided by various groups with extreme beliefs from Fascism to “militant anarchism”. These groups provided the basis for societal unrest, as extremists clashed heads in opposing ideals. Poverty was also a striking aspect of the unrest, as poor masses were neglected by the Catholic Church that found identity with “wealthy landowners than with the Spanish People” (Spanish). To…

1889, shortly after her arrival, the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor killing over 250 men. The US was quick to blame Spain for the explosion. US citizens were whipped into an Anti-Spanish hysteria. Despite President McKinley’s desire to avoid war, the yellow press continued to feed American Citizens anti Spanish news. Though President…

“To what Extent was the Franco Regime Fascist?” Francisco Franco Ruled as the Head of Spain from 1936 through the victory from the Spanish Civil War. Many argue Franco was a fascist leader due to his oppressing and powerful rule in Spain after the Spanish Civil War. The term Fascist involves of ‘a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry commerce, and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often…

both paintings are from two very different time periods they both show an outcry of the nation of Spain in pain and dismay. In 1808, under Napoleon's orders, France invaded Spain in order to gain full control of the country. On May 3, 1808 numerous Spanish men and women rebelled this invasion. The rebel men and women were then rounded up by French soldiers and killed for rebelling on the streets of Madrid, Spain with no one being spared. The horrifying event then sparked a Madrid native citizen…

During the interwar period, Germany, Italy, and Spain were all left in a weakened economic state by the post-World War I recession, and because of this, extreme poverty was felt throughout the nations. The countries’ ineffective leaderships did not provide any help, and the citizens were therefore open to fascism‒‒a radical political ideology that offered drastic change. The development of fascist governments led to the rise of dictators such as Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, and Francisco…

especially on war. The 1937 painting, “Guernica”, was a large mural painted by Picasso, a well-known artist during this time. The painting’s depiction of bodies and animals screaming and writhing in agony is thought to be a visual message responding to the destruction and bombing of a village located in Guernica, Spain, which happened around the time the painting was released. Furthermore, the widespread attention that Picasso received for this work helped bring attention to the Spanish Civil…

Guernica, a village in Spain, was bombed with sixty-six tons of bombs that killed between two hundred fifty and three hundred civilians; the bombing of the rural village had no military value (Manzanares). German fighters swarmed the village, gunning down citizens trying to escape from the burning city (“Bombing of Guernica”). Pablo Picasso, inspired by this tragedy, painted a large, eleven-foot-tall mural entitled Guernica. In the painting, Picasso represented the horror of being trapped and…

Pan’s Labyrinth takes place after the Spanish Civil War. It intertwines the real world of hardship and war, with a mythical world, the labyrinth. Pan’s Labyrinth is a film, which takes on many myths and symbols from Greek mythology and it encompasses everything from the underworld to femininity all while telling an extraordinary story. The myths of the ascent and descent to the underworld are displayed in the film when Ofelia completes her tasks by going to the underworld. What she…

Francisco Franco was the dictator of Spain from 1939 until he died in 1975. Coming to power during the Spanish Civil War by overthrowing Spain’s democratic government, Franco had a negative influence on the direction of the country by restricting their culture and demonstrating an authoritarian rule. For example, Franco prosecuted those against his political beliefs and those from various cultures that he wanted to rid Spain of. Also during his time as dictator, Franco repressed Spain’s…