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"The Forbidden Book," The Chicago Chronicle, January 27, 1900

McKinley stands on the locked book entitled, True Story of the War in the Philippines, barring the United States from knowing what was actually  happening there.

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"President McKinley Destroys Imperialism Straw Man" Harper's Weekly, September 22, 1900

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This week's images will consist of anti-imperialist cartoons produced during the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars.

Anti-imperialist cartoon showing President William McKinley thinking about American expansion while ignoring racial violence at home. Literary Digest, November 26, 1898

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1898 editorial cartoon on what William McKinley should do with the Philippines. Notice the lovely depiction of the Filipino people