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Started yellow journalism and worked as a newspaper publisher. He owned the World and the Evening World
Who is Joseph Pulitzer?
Name of the ship that exploded in Havana, Cuba
What is the U.S.S. Maine?
The cavalry unit that Roosevelt to lead
Who are the Rough Riders
The territory that got Americans were concerned about
What is Cuba?
This prevented the U.S. from taking Cuba as a colony
What is the Teller Amendment?
Owned the New York Morning Journal and played a role in spreading yellow journalism
Who is William Hearst?
Newspapers based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration
What is Yellow Journalism?
Roosevelt lead the Rough Riders in the decisive land battle
What is the Battle of San Juan Hill?
This island had the Battle for San Juan Hill
What is Puerto Rico?
This allows the U.S. to keep Guantanamo Bay and intervene on their behalf in military instances.
What is the Platt Amendment?
He move the fleet from the north near China down to the Philippians
Who is Admiral George Dewey?
The Spanish sent General Weyler to Cuba to stop
What is the Cuban rebellion?
Roosevelt pushed for the remodeling of this military branch
What is the Navy?
The territory that eventually gained its independence from the United States
What is the Philippines?
More soldiers died from this than actual fighting
What is illness?
The Spanish general known as the Butcher
Who is General Valeriano Weyler?
This president tried to get the Spanish to compromise with Cuba to prevent a war.
Who is President McKinley?
What is the Manila Bay?
Smallest of all the territories.
What is Guam?
John Hay gave the Spanish-American War this nickname
What is “Splendid Little War”?
Filipino leader that rebelled against the Spanish and then the Americans
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
America had two reasons to be interested in Cuba
What are economic interests and sympathy as a former colony?
Roosevelt's role at the start of the war
What is the Assistant Secretary of the Navy?
Navy Battle that ended Spain's involvement in the Pacific
What is the Battle of Manila Bay?
Historians think the U.S.S. Maine this was the real reason behind the ship exploding
What is an over heated boiler/an accident?