Cover : This drawing appeared on the cover of Leslie's Il- lustrated Weekly for the week of June 30 , 1898 under the caption " Your Country Calls You . " Throughout the nine- teenth and twentieth centuries , many Americans heard the " call " to spread American influence throughout the hemi- sphere .

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