This Cuban Patriot gave speeches, talks, wrote literature and poetry to support "Cuba Libre!" They were assassinated on a return trip to Cuba.
Who is José Martí
100
President McKinley asked Congress to interfere with the bloodshed in Cuba.
What is April 11, 1898
100
Spain was an example of this type of power before the Spanish-American war.
What is imperial power
100
The US obtained power to make this country in the Pacific a territory after the Spanish-American war.
What is Guam
100
After the Spanish-American war there was a debate in the US what should be done with this country.
What is the Philippines
200
This person was a Spanish General sent to Cuba and commissioned with 200,000 soldiers. He put Cubans in concentration camps claiming he was "protecting" them.
Who is General Weyler
200
The US declared war on Spain and thus, the Spanish-American war began.
What is April 25, 1898
200
This is when newspapers would over exaggerate the events occurring in Cuba at the time, making Americans believe that Cuba was in a much worse state than it actually was.
What is Yellow Journalism
200
After the Spanish-American war, this country became a US colony.
What is the Philippines
200
The New York World and The New York Journal of doing what during the Spanish-American war.
What is Yellow Journalism
300
Worked with José Martí and carried out their plans after his comrade's assassination. He attacked the Spaniards using guerrilla warfare.
Who is Maximo Gomez
300
The Treaty of Paris giving Cuba freedom from Spain and gave US Guam and Puerto Rico and $20 million in payment for the Philippines to Spain.
What is December 10, 1898
300
This is the important industry in Cuba that Americans wanted to keep alive, and needed Cuba to have it's freedom to have control of this industry.
What is the importance of sugar cane plantations
300
An outcome of the Spanish-American war was that this country was a protectorate to the US.
What is Cuba
300
In 1900, Congress stated people living in this country, which was also a US territory, were not US citizens.
What is Puerto Rico
400
This man was Filipino rebel who raised a guerrilla army against US forces in the Philippines.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo
400
On this date the USS Maine sinks.
What is February 16, 1898
400
The US along with the majority of the world believed that that this country had too much imperial power over other countries. The US wanted to help free countries from imperial ruling under this country.
What is Spain
400
The US obtained power to make this country in the Atlantic a territory after the Spanish-American war.
What is Puerto Rico
400
The Philippines was this to the US after the Spanish-American war.
What is a colony
500
This president during the Spanish-American War wrote statements to interfere with the concentration camps.
Who is President McKinley
500
On this date 17,000 troops landed on the southern coast of Cuba east of the city of Santiago. Spanish fleets landed at Santiago Harbor protected by powerful shore-based guns. The US wanted to go to the harbor and take these guns to chase out the Spanish. Teddy Roosevelt joined this fight.
What is June 14, 1898
500
This event that occurred in Havana Harbor, Cuba caused the Americans to blame the Spanish and was a key event to the start of the Spanish-American war.
What is the sinking of the USS Maine
500
This is what US citizens were allowed to "keep the industry alive" for in Cuba after the Spanish-American war.
What is sugar cane plantations
500
This is the battlecry used in 1898 during the Spanish-American war, meaning free Cuba.