Causes
This US President signed a congressional resolution that called for Cuba's independence and demanded a withdrawal of Spain.
Who is William McKinley?
After the American Commodore's heroic success in the Philippines, this brand of gum was named after him.
What was Dewey's Chewies?
Once the war ended, the peace treaty was signed in this city in Europe.
What is Paris?
This is the name of the cavalry launched by Teddy Roosevelt.
Who were the Rough Riders?
This is the name of the popular comic strip that was connected to the events surrounding the Spanish American War.
What is the Yellow Kid?
US Secretary of State John Hay described the Spanish American war as "this" kind of war.
What was a splendid little war?
What is Manila?
There is a statue of Jose Marti in this location in the USA.
What is Central Park, NY?
The USS Maine exploded in the harbor of this city.
What is Havana?
Jose Marti was a Cuban poet and journalist who planned a revolt against Spain in this year.
What was 1895?
Teddy Roosevelt and his men drove the Spanish back and captured this hill in a key battle.
What was San Juan Hill?
This agreement stated that the US had the right to intervene in Cuban affairs anytime there was a threat to life, property, and individual liberty.
What was the Platt Amendment?
By the 1890s, Spain's Empire was crumbling and all that was left in the Caribbean was Cuba and this other island.
What is Puerto Rico?
Grover Cleveland, Jane Addams, and Andrew Carnegie were among the American celebrities who joined this group.
What was the Anti-Imperialist League?
The Spanish fleet was defeated in the Philippines in approximately this many hours.
What was 7?
What is Guam?
These two newspapers were the main contributors to Yellow Journalism.
What was The New York World and The New York Journal?
He was the head of the Filipino rebel forces who supported the US invasion of the Philippines.
Who was Emilio Aguinaldo?
The US invasion of Cuba targeted this city in Southern Cuba, a stronghold of the Spanish at the time the war began.
What is Santiago?
After the US took over the Philippines, the Filipinos rebelled and the US did not put down their rebellion until this year.
What is 1902?