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Vocab
Weapons
100
a battleship sent by the U.S. to Cuba in 1898 to protect American citizens during a rebellion by Cubans against the Spanish goverment.
What is U.S.S Maine
100
was an experimental breechloading artillerty piece that used compressed air ti launch a projectile containing gelations "dynamite"
What is The Sims Dudley dynamite gun
200
A war in 1898 between Spain and the U.S. that begain mainly to help free Cuba from Spanish goverment.
What is Spanish American War
200
the torpedo was one of the most dreaded pieces of ordnance of the Spanish American War period
What is Whitehead Torpedo
300
A volunteer soldiers put together by Theodore Roosevelt that fought in the Spanish American War.
What is Rough Riders
400
a term for the sensationalistic,often exaggerated style of news reporting often found in newspaper of the lare 1800s and early 1900s.
What is Yellow journalism
500
an island in the Caribbean near cuba that was controlled by spain before passing to American control in the Spanish American War.
What is Puerto Rico