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100
What was the name given to the letter that revealed that a Spanish diplomat had ridiculed president McKinley?
Lomme letter.
100
What was the name of the American ship that exploded near Cuba under strange circumstances?
U.S.S. Maine.
100
Who was able to organized the Cuban resistance against Spain from New York city?
Jose Marti.
100
Which industry did the United States invest heavily in Cuba?
Sugar plantation.
100
What is this cartoon criticizing?
Yellow journalism.
200
In the United States of America, which branch of government can declare war on a foreign nation?
Legislative.
200
Where did the first battle of the Spanish American war take place?
The Phillippines.
200
Who was sent from Spain to Cuba to put an end to the Cuban resistance?
Valeriano Weyler.
200
Which country, prior to the United States, attempted to build the Panama canal yet was unable to do so?
France.
200
What nation did Japan go to war against for control of the Korean peninsula, forcing Teddy Roosevelt to mediate a peace treaty between them?
Russia.
300
Where was the peace treaty between America and Spain signed?
Paris.
300
Many of the American officers during the Spanish American war were veterans of a previous American war. Which war was that?
Civil War.
300
Who was this man?
President McKinley.
300
What other difficulties did American engineers have to deal with when building the Panama canal other than volcanic soil?
Yellow fever, malaria.
300
Who won this prize?
Teddy Roosevelt.
400
Appart from Cuba and the Phillippines, what other islands did Spain surrender to the United States?
Guam, Puero Rico.
400
Who became the unofficial leader of the Rough Riders?
Teddy Roosevelt.
400
Who was the leader of the Filipino army that faught against Spain?
Emilio Aguinaldo.
400
The construction of the Panama canal would facilitate American trade, primarily, with which Asian country?
China.
400
To build the Panama Canal, which country did the U.S. need permission from?
Colombia.
500
Who said the following: “... there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all [the Philippine Islands], and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and Christianize them.” ?
President McKinley.
500
Who does this image represent?
The Rough riders.
500
Other than Randolph Hearst, who else instigated war with Spain by making use of his newspaper?
Joseph Pulitzer.
500
Which country felt it had a duty to defend slavic culture in the Balcan region?
Russia.
500
What replaced the Monroe doctrine?
The Roosevelt Corollary.