Causes
Ship that exploded
What was the USS Maine?
Winning country
What is the United States?
the policy of extending a nation’s power by gaining political and economic control over other countries
What is imperialism?
President who asked Congress to declare war on Spain in 1898
Who was President McKinley?
Nickname for the Spanish-American War?
What is "A Splendid Little War"?
Site of USS Maine explosion
Where is Havana, Cuba?
This country gained its independence from Spain
What is Cuba?
the practice of publishing sensational and often exaggerated news in newspapers in order to attract readers and increase sales
What is yellow journalism?
Leader of the Rough Riders and force behind the Panama Canal
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
Country that first refused Roosevelt's $10 million offer for land to build the Panama Canal
What is Colombia?
Country that Cubans wanted out of their country's control
What is Spain?
The United States proved they could be this type of power
What is imperialistic or colonial or Asian?
information or ideas spread by a group or government to promote its cause or ideas or to damage an opposing cause or idea
What is propaganda?
Elilio Aguinaldo
Who was the Filipino revolution leader?
More soldiers died from this rather than in battle
What is disease (malaria and yellow fever)?
This practice created American's sympathy for Cubans
What is yellow journalism?
The U.S. liberated the people from this country and then battled them for 3 years
What is the Philippines?
President Theodore Roosevelt’s claim that the United States could intervene to preserve peace and order in the Western Hemisphere and protect U.S. interests
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
Valeriano Weyler
Who was the Spanish "Butcher" who put Cubans in concentration camps?
Site of Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders victory along with the Buffalo Soldiers
What is San Juan Hill in Cuba?
Last name of Spanish diplomat who wrote a letter criticizing President McKinley
Who is de Lome?
Negative feelings developed in the U.S. against this religion after the defeat of Spain
What is Catholic?
an intense form of nationalism
What is jingoism?
George Dewey
Who was the U.S. Naval Commodore who launched a surprise attack against the Spanish in the Philippines?
Name given to the Supreme Court decision that considered people in U.S. territories as "aliens"
What are the Insular Cases?