Vocabulary List 11 -Yellow Journalism -Jingoism -Autonomy -The USS Maine (p 147) -Rough Riders (p 148) -Treaty of Paris (p 149) -Platt Amendment (p 150)
The Spanish-American War American Imperialism The Spanish-American War
I. Background A) Cubans Revolting against Spain 1868 95,000 Cubans Died Concentration camps :( 200,000 Spaniards sent from Spain Jose Marti (leader) declares independence by 1895 B) Relationship with America USA invested $50m in Cuban Sugar President William McKinley says get out of Cuba or face war Spain preferred war over surrender
II. Causes
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II. Causes A) USS Maine explodes President McKinley declares war. “Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!” B) Yellow Journalism - sensational reporting for propaganda C) Jingoism - aggressive nationalism
III. Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War A) War in Cuba 1898 - Most Successful war in US History 1) Brief - 4 months 2) Few deaths - 400 Americans died 3) 17,000 American Troops sent 4) Teddy’s Rough Riders (cowboys) dominated Spain
III. Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War B) Battle of Manila Bay 20,000 American troops from San Francisco to Philippines Took Guam, Philippines and joined Emilio Aguinaldo (Filipino Leader) Captured Capital: Manila C) Treaty of Paris Platt Amendment - Cuba independent but America can intervene + USA gets Guantanamo Bay in Cuba USA gets Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, Hawaii annexed
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IV. Philippines Rebels A) Emilio Aguinaldo ordered his troops to Attack USA 1899 Saw that we would not give them independence Fired first B) :( :( :( American Concentration Camps: 4 Year War 4,200 Americans died 100,000 Filipinos died Americans tortured, raped,starved and executed civilians C) By 1946 (Almost 50 years later) Filipinos will finally gain independence from USA
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