Cuba Makes Headlines
Cuba was a colony of this European country before the Spanish-American War.
What is Spain?
This term means intense pride in and loyalty to one’s nation.
What is nationalism?
The United States fought Spain in this war in 1898.
What is the Spanish-American War?
Victory over Spain helped establish the United States as an emerging one of these.
What is a world power?
Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory rather than one of these.
What is a state?
Cuban rebels began fighting Spain in 1895 to achieve this goal.
What is independence?
This term describes a country’s focus on building large armies and powerful weapons.
What is militarism?
This disaster struck the USS Maine on February 15, 1898.
What was an explosion that destroyed the ship?
The United States acquired this Caribbean island from Spain, and it remains the focus of a statehood debate in the slides.
What is Puerto Rico?
Puerto Ricans hold citizenship in this country.
What is the United States?
This style of reporting used sensational, exaggerated, or false stories to attract readers.
What is yellow journalism?
This term describes extending a country’s power beyond its borders, often through force.
What is imperialism?
Although the cause of the Maine’s explosion was uncertain, yellow journalists blamed this country.
What is Spain?
The United States acquired this Pacific island from Spain along with Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
What is Guam?
This part of the U.S. government would ultimately have to approve Puerto Rico’s admission as a state.
What is Congress?
President McKinley sent this American battleship to Cuba to protect Americans there.
What is the USS Maine?
This is the formal act of taking control of and adding another territory to a country.
What is annexation?
This killed far more American service members during the war than combat did.
What is disease?
The United States acquired these islands in Asia after defeating Spain.
What are the Philippines?
Some people favor this option, which would make Puerto Rico a separate sovereign country.
What is independence?
Exaggerated stories about Spanish treatment of Cubans encouraged Americans to support this group.
Who were the Cuban rebels?
A country controls colonies beyond its own borders. Together, these lands form this.
What is an empire?
Explain how yellow journalism helped push the United States toward war after the Maine exploded.
What is blaming Spain and stirring public desire for war?
This former Spanish colony became independent rather than becoming U.S. territory, although the United States influenced its constitution.
What is Cuba?
The House passed the Puerto Rico Status Act in 2022, but it did not become law because this other chamber did not pass it.
What is the Senate?