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100
Name of the battleship destroyed off of the coast of Havana.
What is Maine?
100
After this war, industrial labor rivalry, currency problems, and a dull economy reached crisis levels.
What is the Civil War?
100
His six-ship Asiatic Squadron attacked the Spanish naval forced station in Manila Bay.
Who is George Dewey?
100
Before the war, trade between the U.S. and Cuba totaled this much.
What is $100 million?
100
How tall are Emperor penguins?
Four feet.
200
The name of Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper.
What is the New York World?
200
War was a chance to create new foreign markets for American goods and to increase ___________ _____________.
What is industrial production?
200
Led the Rough Riders.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
200
The flow of goods between Asia and the U.S. market was known as this.
What is the Open Door Policy?
200
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of _________ the company once had.
What are pickles?
300
This writer ran the New York Journal.
Who is William Randolph Hearst?
300
Without the Philippine Insurrection, the Spanish-American War lasted this long.
What is ten weeks?
300
Hill that Teddy Roosevelt charged to pave the way to Santiago.
What is San Juan Hill?
300
A canal could make a trip from NYC to California this many miles shorter.
What is 8,000?
300
The most common name in the world is ________.
What is Mohammed?
400
The number of Cubans who died in concentration camps.
What is 20,000?
400
This many American servicemen were killed in action.
What is 385?
400
Battle in which the U.S. destroyed a Spanish fleet trying to escape Cuba.
What is the Battle of Santiago?
400
With these two territories, the U.S. could control the entire Caribbean Sea.
What is Cuba and Puerto Rico?
400
The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was _________.
What is $1.3 million?
500
A general of the Spanish army who forced Cubans into concentration camps.
Who is General Weyler?
500
600,000.
What is the number of men killed during the Civil War?
500
Number of U.S. fatalities in Manila Bay.
What is zero?
500
With these two territories, the U.S. would have a convenient chain of supply stations for naval and commercial ships traveling to and from East Asia.
What is Guam and the Philippines?
500
The three best-known western names in China are...
What are Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley?