Causes
U.S. battleship exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, leading to calls for war.
What is the USS Maine?
Who led the Rough Riders during the Battle of San Juan Hill?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
In which year did the Spanish-American War begin?
What is 1898?
What treaty officially ended the Spanish-American War?
What is the Treaty of Paris (1898)?
What is imperialism?
What is the policy of extending a nation’s authority over other countries?
Term describes journalism that exaggerates or sensationalizes news to attract readers.
What is yellow journalism?
What Cuban poet and activist became a symbol of Cuban independence?
Who is José Martí?
What was the most famous battle of the war, involving the Rough Riders?
What is the Battle of San Juan Hill?
Which three territories did the U.S. gain as a result of the war?
What are Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?
What is the name for the belief that stronger nations should dominate weaker ones?
What is Social Darwinism?
What was the main economic interest the U.S. had in Cuba?
What are sugar plantations?
What U.S. president declared war on Spain in 1898?
Who is William McKinley?
What territory did the U.S. fight Spain for in the Pacific?
What are the Philippines?
What amendment limited Cuba’s ability to make treaties and allowed U.S. intervention?
What is the Platt Amendment?
What is a colony?
What is a territory controlled by a foreign power?
Which Cuban general did Spain send to suppress the rebellion by putting civilians in camps?
Who is General Valeriano Weyle?
Which U.S. Navy officer led the fleet to victory at the Battle of Manila Bay?
Who is Commodore George Dewey?
What battle ended Spanish naval resistance in the Pacific?
What is the Battle of Manila Bay?
Which former colony gained its independence from Spain after the war?
What is Cuba?
What phrase was used to justify U.S. and European imperialism as a moral duty?
What is “The White Man’s Burden”?
What famous newspaper publisher said, “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war”?
A: Who is William Randolph Hearst?
Name the author and anti-imperialist who opposed U.S. expansion after the war.
Who is Mark Twain?
What volunteer group was made up of cowboys, miners, and college athletes?
Who are the Rough Riders?
How much did the U.S. pay Spain for the Philippines?
What is $20 million?
What term refers to the political belief that the U.S. should avoid becoming an empire?
What is anti-imperialism?