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100
This amendment established a U.S. colony in Cuba and set conditions for U.S. intervention in Cuba’s domestic affairs.
What is the Platt Amendment?
100
This person surprised the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay and sank every vessel in it.
Who is George Dewey?
100
This is the country Cuba had been fighting for independence from first.
What is Spain?
100
In this year Cuba got formal independence.
What is 1898
100
This is the new use for the Guantánamo naval base.
What is detention camp or torture chamber?
200
This alliance promoted as a free-market solution to poverty, but serving only to deepen U.S. economic penetration of Latin America.
What is Alliance for Progress?
200
This governor ordered Cuban men, women, and children into concentration camps.
Who is Spanish Governor General Valeriano Weyler?
200
The U.S. blocked Cuba's ability to have normal trade with these countries.
What is western?
200
In this year congress passed the Platt Amendment.
What is 1901
200
U.S. controlled this percentage of Cuban utilities.
What is 80 percent?
300
This Act prohibits any foreign built or foreign flagged vessel from engaging in coastwise trade within the United States.
What is the Jones Act?
300
The leaders of the Cuban independence movement were American citizens who took this side.
What is no side.
300
This union guaranteed Cuba a reliable market for sugar and provided Cuba with credits and oil.
What is The Soviet Union
300
In this year the Senate ratified the peace treaty with Spain.
What is 1899?
300
This resource is the "king" of Cuban economy.
What is sugar?
400
This amendment was passed. Under this amendment it stated that the United States would leave control of the government to the people of Cuba.
What is The Teller Amendment?
400
These two presidents wanted to stay out of the Spanish affairs.
Who is President Cleveland and President McKinley.
400
This was another name for the Spanish-American War.
What is "The Splendid Little War"
400
Congress demanded that Spain leave Cuba, but they did not. War was declared on this date.
What is April 25th, 1898.
400
50 million dollars worth of Cuban sugar, tobacco, and iron industries was owned by this country.
What is United States?
500
This treaty was signed, which provided independence to Panama, but also 10-mile strip of land to build the canal.
What is The Hay-Bunau-Varilla?
500
When this Spanish minister resigned, 6 days later U.S. battleship, Maine, was blown up outside of Cuban capital Havana.
Who is Señor Dupuy de Lome?
500
Teddy Roosevelt led a group of volunteers called The Rough Riders in this battle in Cuba.
What is the Battle of San Juan Hill
500
Filipinos, led by Emilio Aguinaldo, declared themselves independent and started this many year struggle against 120,000 U.S. troops.
What is 3 years?
500
This was exaggerated news to lure new readers.
What is yellow journalism?