1. Spanish-American War 1898 “Splendid Little War” (133 Days, less than 4 months)

2. Terms to know Imperialism Colonialism Expansionism
The Imperialist Tailor
Imperialism
Colonialism
Expansionism

3. Causes Economic Ties—Sugar
Cuba struggle for independence “Concentration Camps (Jose Marti’)” (Killing 1 out of ever 4 Cubans)
“Butcher” Weyler
Imperialism – “Manifest Destiny”

4. Spanish Misrule in Cuba

5. Valeriano Weyler’s “Reconcentration” Policy

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

7. 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.

8. USS Maine (Feb. 15, 1898) A. Harbor in Havana
B Americans Died “Remember The Maine”
War Message Apr. 11, 1898
William McKinley

9. The
Philippines

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

11. Dewey Captures Manila!

12. 2. Had a total of seven ships 3. Battle took a few hours
II. Two Main Theaters
A. Manila Bay (May 1, 1898)
1. George Dewey
(Destroy Spanish Fleet)
2. Had a total of seven ships
3. Battle took a few hours
4. Spain- 160 dead & 210 Wounded
US- No fatal casualties

13. B. Cuba
1. Blockade of Cuba
2. Fighting Force – AEF
A. Major General Shafter
B. Major General “Fighting Joe” Wheeler
C. Rough Riders
1. Colonel Leonard Wood
2. Teddy Roosevelt
3. 9th and 10th Cavalries

14. 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.

15. The “Rough Riders”

16. 3. Weapons .45 vs. .30
4. Food and other friends.
5. Santiago Bay, San Juan Hill
(Kettle Hill)

17. III. Results (Treaty of Paris)
A. Peace treaty signed Dec. 10, 1898
B. Spain surrendered Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and Guam
C. US Bought Philippines for $20 mill.
(Treaty ratified Feb 6, 1899 by one vote)
D. Platt Amendment in 1901
Made Cuba a protectorate
US Gained Guantanamo Bay as a Naval Base
E. Participants 392,000
Deaths 5,400—(11,000)