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He would resign as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to start his own unit of fighters, The Rough Riders, in the War.
Theodore Roosevelt
Where was the USS Maine when it blew up?
Havana Harbor (in Cuba)
He famously led his troops to victory at San Juan Hill.
Theodore Roosevelt
What three territories were gained by the US after the War?
1. Guam
2. The Philippines
3. Midway Island
Although a monarchy and not wanting to be part of the US, this country was annexed by the US at the request of wealthy US plantation owners there.
Hawaii
Admiral of the US Fleet, his navy would destroy the Spanish Fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay.
Admiral George Dewey
Captain Charles Sigsbee initally thought that this was what caused the explosion that sunk the USS Maine.
A mine
He foreign policy was sometimes called "Big Stick Diplomacy.
President Theodore Roosevelt
This communication criticized President McKinley and only helped bring Spain and the US closer to war.
The deLome Letter
This US general was sent to Mexico to apprehend the outlaw, Pancho Villa.
General John J. Pershing
As President of the US, he would ask Congress for a declaration of war against Spain in 1898.
President William McKinley
These two American newspaper publishers capitalized on the sinking of the Maine to sell newspapers and push for a declaration of war against Spain.
1. William Randolph Hearst
2. Joseph Pulitzer
He negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia?
Secretary of State, William Seward
How long did the Spanish American War last?
About four months
Who was the queen of Hawaii?
Queen Lili'uokalani
Known as "The Butcher", this Spanish general would create a lot of issues in Cuba.
General Valeriano Weyler
What was the immediate cause of the Spanish American War?
The sinking of the USS Maine
We would lead a revolt against American rule in the Philippines after the war.
Emilio Acquinaldo
Most of the US deaths in the war were caused by...
Disease
Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst practiced this type of journalism.
Yellow Journalism
A poet from Cuba, this man launched the Cuban Revolution in 1895.
Jose' Marte
In 1974, after a detailed investigation by the US Navy, what was determined to be the cause of the explosion that sunk the Maine?
A spark in the coal room set off the explosion.
Missionary Diplomacy is most associated with this President.
Woodrow Wilson
The Platt Amendment was most concerned with this nation.
Cuba
Which side won the Spanish American War?
The United States