1. White Man’s Burden
According to Kipling, in your own words, what is the white man’s burden?
Highlight/underline some stanzas or versus you think really show what the burden means.
Give some examples of the “burden” the white man have to endure.

2. Headlines Search for Missing Bride Continues.
Bride Missing! Groom’s Family Blame History of Mental Illness.
How do these headlines differ?
Consider the wording and how a reader might respond to each article
Which one would you read first?
Which do you think would be most the most reliable source, why?
Why do newspapers choose to present the same event so differently?
Transition: Today we will compare two different newspaper accounts of an event in 1898

3. Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine, Havana Harbor, February 15, 1898

4. Cuba Colonized by Spain Cuba = rebels. Fighting for independence!
Spain was thought to be brutal
Sugar, Sugar, Sugar! (again) **Business for America
U.S. abolished tariff on Cuban sugar in Production skyrockets!
In 1894, tariff brought back. Cuban’s 
Spain, once a power colonial nation, now only had the Philippines, Guam, some outposts in Africa, Cuba and Puerto Rico.
Cubans fighting for independence from (10 years)
Got them to abolish slavery but failed at independence
Now, American’s started investing in large sugar cane plantations.
US was Cuba’s main market (they depended on this!)
When the tariff was brought back, Cuban economy was ruined!

5. War for Independence Cuba Libre! Jose Marti
Journalist/poet, launched a revolution
Used active guerrilla campaign.
American opinion split
Support Spain to protect investments.
Enthusiastic about rebel cause.
Guerrilla campaign- deliberately destroying property, especially American owned sugar mills and plantations .
JOSE hoped to provoke U.S. intervention to help the rebels achieve CUBA LIBRE “a free Cuba”
Cuba Libre!

6. Yellow Journalism
Reporting that exaggerates the news to lure new readers.
Legit reports of Cuban suffering/sensationalized stories.
American sympathy for Cubans deepens.
Reports printed saying there were poisoned wells and children being thrown to the sharks!
Deepens American sympathy for the rebels.

7. McKinley sends U.S.S. Maine
Sends Maine to Cuba to protect American lives and property.
February 15th, 1898 U.S.S. Maine explodes.
Sinks.
Around 260 out of 350 American officers and crew died
When McKinley took office he wanted to avoid war with Spain although demands for intervention were increasing!
One man, Enrique Dupuy de Lome, Spanish minister to the US, critized him saying he was weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd
Roosevelt (assistant secretary of the navy at this time) also thought that McKinley was weak. Said he is “a white-livered cur” with “no more backbone than a chocolate éclair!”
While American may have agreed, they were not happy that a Spanish official criticized THEIR president.

8. So… Who Sunk the Maine?

9. Awake United States! Eagle soar on high, and sound the battle cry!
This song was rushed into print between the sinking of the Maine on February 16, 1898 and the declaration of war on April 25, 1898.
Eagle soar on high, and sound the battle cry!
How proudly sailed the warship Maine,
a Nation’s pride, without a stain!
A wreck she lies, her sailors slain.
By two-faced butchers, paid by Spain!
Eagle soar on high,
And sound the battle cry
Wave the starry flag!
In mud it shall not drag!
According to this song, who sunk the Maine?
Does this prove the Spanish blew it up?

10. Read through Journal document and Times document and fill out “Guiding Questions”.
With a partner, answer/discuss the questions that follow.
Discuss with class

11. War breaks out! “Remember the Maine” U.S. public ready for a war!
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Remember the Maine was the rally cry for U.S. intervention in Cuba
Even though the Spanish government agreed to almost everything the United States demanded, including a six month cease fire.
Public opinion favors the war
First battle starts in….The Philippines?!?!

12. The Philippines
Roosevelt ordered Pacific fleet to to sail there in case of war
George Dewey
Sails to Manila Bay and destroys Spanish fleet.
His victory leads to more troops in the Philippines
Troops joined to help Filipino rebels fight
Spanish troops surrender to Americans (not Filipinos)
George Dewey I the American naval commander in the Pacific
Philippines rebelled against Spanish rule all the time.
Spain loses 381 at Manila while the US lost only one sailor, who collapsed form the heat!
But back in the Caribbean…..

13. Invasion of Cuba U.S. Navy strong! Army small and not so strong.
Not enough guns to go around
Troops outfitted with woolen uniforms (wool in Cuba?)
Officers (Civil War vets) just reminisced
Civil War vets couldn't help but recall their war experience than actually training volunteers
Even with all the handicaps, America still did some good.

14. Rough Riders Volunteer cavalry San Juan Hill Led by Roosevelt
Victory for U.S.!
Credit to Roosevelt and his Rough Riders
Army lands in Cuba (Santiago) in 1898 with four African-American regiments pf regular army, and the Rough Riders
San Juan Hill- name given by the Americans
Very bloody battle
2 days after this battle, Spanish fleet tries to escape the American blockade of harbor at Santiago.
Naval battle followed and ended in destruction of the Spanish fleet!
July 17, Santiago surrenders and American troops invaded Puerto Rico

15. Treat of Paris - 1898 *****Asks for….. Cuba to become independent
Spain to give Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States
U.S. would pay Spain $20 million for the annexation of the Philippine Islands
U.S. and Spain signed an armistice
“Splendid little war” only 16 weeks

16. To Annex or not to Annex?
Great debate among U.S. citizens on what to do.
What IS Annexation?
Incorporation of some territory into another entity (usually smaller region into a bigger region)
NEXT TIME- in class debate on the Philippines Annexation
Annexation– Usually smaller or weaker territory
Another way to look at imperialism

17. Ticket out the door!
Answer the following writing prompt (1-2 paragraphs)
Which account on the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine is more believable? Why?
Does the difference in accounts matter? Why or why not.