1. Teddy Roosevelt and the Spanish—American War

2. The Spanish American War
What business interests in Cuba was America concerned about?
Sugar plantations

3. Tensions Rise What events led to America helping Cuban rebels?
The sinking of the USS Maine and the threat to American business interests.

4. What We Lost, What We Gained
What happened to Cuba?
They won their independence from Spain.
What lands did America gain at the war’s end?
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.

6. The Yellow Journalists
What is Yellow Journalism?
An exaggerated news report.
What is the point of exaggerating a news report?
To increase readership.

7. Reasons for the Spanish-American War
Protection of American business interests in Cuba (sugar plantations).
American support of Cuban rebels to gain independence from Spain.
Rising tensions between Spain and the U.S. as a result of the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor.
Exaggerated news reports of events (yellow journalism)

8. Results of Spanish-American War
The United States emerged as a world power.
Cuba gained independence from Spain.
The U.S. gained possession of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

9. The Roosevelt Corollary
A statement of fact that follows a previously stated idea.
Big Stick Diplomacy-
Try to settle things peacefully, if this doesn’t work use political, military, or economic power.

10. The Roosevelt Corollary
Asserted the United State’s right to interfere in the economic matters of other nations in the Americas.
Claimed the United States’ right to exercise international police power.
Big Stick Diplomacy (e.g. the Panama Canal)

11. Panama Canal Construction took place 1880-1914
It crosses 48 miles of Panama and connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.