People
Vocabulary
Leading up to the war
During the war
After the war
100
The publisher of the New York Journal.
Who is William Randolph Hearst?
100
Theodore Rosevelt's group of voulenteers that went around and faught on horseback.
What are the Rough Riders?
100
People got most of their news before radio, telvisions or the internet from this source.
What is newspapers?
100
The war started on this day.
When was May 1, 1898?
100

The Spanish had to give up all claims to this country and give it to the US.

What is Cuba?

200
Publisher of New York World.
Who is Joseph Pulitzer?
200
Papers that told scandalous stories and splashed large shocking illistrations across their pages.
What is Yellow Journalism?
200
Americans felt outraged at the remarks of this letter.
What is the de Lôme letter?
200
Emilio Aguinaldo's army captured this city in order to get the Spanish forces to surrender in the Philippines.
What is Manila?
200

The Spanish had to cede these two countries to the US.

What is Puerto Rico and Guam?

300
The captain of the Olympia.
Who is Captain Charles Gridley
300
Six Buffalo Soldiers and two Rough Riders recieved the Medal of Honor in this battle.
What is the battle of San Jaun Hill?
300
This ship that started the war because it was blown up.
What was the USS Maine?
300
The US waited this long to fire back during the battle of Manila Bay.
What is half an hour?
300
This many soldiers died from yellow fever.
What is 2000?
400
Commodore of the US Navy Asiatic Squadron.
Who is George Dewy?
400
The policy of extending a nation's authority by gaining territory or by the establishment of an economic and political influence over other nations.
What is imperialism
400
Yellow journalism was named after this comic strip that ran in the New York World.
What is the "Yellow Kid"?
400
The Spanish surrendered on this day in the Philippines.
When was August 14,1898?
400
Spain turned over the Philippines over to the US in exchange for this amount of money.
What is $20 million?
500
Dewey's partner in the battle of Manila.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
500
This letter said that McKinley was "weak and Catering to the rabble."
What is the De Lôme Letter?
500
This was the harbor that the USS Maine was protecting.
What was Havana Habor?
500
This was the rally cry of war supporters baised on a ship.
What was "Remember the Maine!"?
500
The monetary cost for the US was roughly this many dollars.
What is $250 million?
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