2. 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)

3. The Spanish-American War
American Imperialism
The Spanish-American War

4. 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

5. II. Causes

6. II. Bad Quality Video :(

7. 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

8. III. Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War
A) War in Cuba Most Successful war in US History
1) Brief - 4 months
2) Few deaths Americans died
3) 17,000 American Troops sent
4) Teddy’s Rough Riders (cowboys) dominated Spain

9. 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

10. III. Video on Emilio Aguinaldo

11. 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

12. Kill Everyone over 10

13. Reference Map