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What type of journalism was used to create hatred against Spain and persuade the American public.
Yellow Journalism
The U.S. annexed what Pacific Kingdom and made it a territory in 1893-1898?
Hawaii
In what year did the Spanish-American War start?
1898
The United States made what territory an independent nation in 1902 after helping to set up a government after the war?
Cuba
Who was the President of the U.S. during the Spanish American War?
William McKinley
What territories did the U.S. gain by winning the Spanish-American War?
Guam, the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico
What was the name of the Treaty that ended the war?
Treaty of Paris
What Battleship exploded in Havana Harbor, which led to the beginning of the Spanish-American War?
U.S.S. Maine
What was the name of the Volunteer Cavalry regiment that became famous during the war?
Rough Riders
In 1869, what territory did we purchase from the Russians?
Alaska
The U.S. Navy destroyed the Spanish Navy in what battle in the Philippines?
Battle of Manilla Bay
Name two of the prominent diseases that killed hundreds of soldiers in the war?
Yellow Fever, Malaria, Typhoid Fever. Dysentery
A U.S. battleship exploded in what city's harbor, which was blamed on the Spanish?
Havana
What Philippine Revolutionary went back to the Philippines to kick out the Spanish?
Emilio Aguinaldo
During what Battle did the U.S. take a key high ground surrounding Santiago?
Battle of San Juan Hill
Approximately how much did the U.S. spend to purchase the Philippines from the Spanish after the war?
$20 Million
This Navy Admiral was in charge of the fleet that won over the Spanish in the Philippines.
George Dewey
The U.S. goal was to capture this second-largest city in Cuba in their invasion.
Santiago
The U.S. Army took this key body of water in southern Cuba and set up an American naval base.
Guantanamo Bay