Quote of the Day “No man’s life, no mans property is safe in Cuba. American citizens are imprisoned or slain without cause. American property is destroyed.

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Quote of the Day “No man’s life, no mans property is safe in Cuba. American citizens are imprisoned or slain without cause. American property is destroyed on all sides…Wounded soldiers can be found begging in the streets of Havana…The horrors of a barbarous struggle for the extermination of the native population are witnessed in a ll parts of the country blood on the roadsides, blood in the fields, blood on the doorsteps, blood, blood, blood!...Is there no nation wise enough, brave enough to aid this blood-smitten land.” -New York World 1896

Spanish American War

Cuban revolution Second war for independence against Spain Led by Jose Marti Public opinion split Spain sends general to crush revolution (cruel)

De Lome Letter Before this McKinley tried diplomatic means Spanish minister to United States Leaked letter calling McKinley weak Angers Americans making them more in favor of directly intervening in Cuba

U.S.S. Maine Ship ordered to Havana to bring Americans home Exploded while docked Journalists claim Spain did it “Remember the Maine”

Philippines War Spanish colony to the West George Dewey takes Manilla Filipinos support Americans; want freedom from Spain

San Juan Hill Rough Riders led by Theodore Roosevelt (pre-presidency) Cleared the way for victory at San Juan Hill Led to destruction of Spanish fleet

Treaty of Paris War only lasted 15 weeks Met in Paris Spain frees Cuba and gives Guam, Puerto Rico, West Indies, and Philippines to the United States “need to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and Christianize them”

Yellow Journalism Sensationalized journalism William Randolph Hearst Joseph Pulitzer These headlines drove public opinion for the Spanish American War Example: Reporter gets sent to Havana before war and says, "Everything is quiet. There is no trouble. There will be no war. I wish to return." The publisher's reply is alleged to have been: "Please remain. You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war."