Spanish Misrule in Cuba Valeriano Weyler’s “Reconcentration” Policy.

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Spanish Misrule in Cuba

Valeriano Weyler’s “Reconcentration” Policy

“Yellow Journalism” & Jingoism Joseph Pulitzer William Randolph Hearst Hearst to Frederick Remington: You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war!

De Lôme Letter Dupuy de Lôme, Spanish Ambassador to the U.S. Criticized President McKinley as weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd, besides being a would-be politician who tries to leave a door open behind himself while keeping on good terms with the jingoes of his party.

Remember the Maine and to Hell with Spain!

Theodore Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the McKinley administration. Imperialist and American nationalist. Criticized President McKinley as having the backbone of a chocolate éclair! Resigns his position to fight in Cuba.

The Spanish-American War (1898): “That Splendid Little War”

Dewey Captures Manila!

Emilio Aguinaldo L eader of the Filipino Uprising. Successful with U.S. help. Would later fight against the U.S. for independence from U.S.

Teller Amendment (1898) U.S. promised to grant Cuba independence once liberated and peace restored. Cuban Independence?

The “Rough Riders”

The Spanish-American War (1898): “That Splendid Little War” How prepared was the US for war?

The Treaty of Paris: 1898 Cuba was freed from Spanish rule. Spain gave up Puerto Rico and the island of Guam. The U. S. paid Spain $20 mil. for the Philippines. The U. S. becomes an imperial power!

“Sphere of Influence”