1. Analyzing the Spanish-American War
Directions: Use the documents to complete this timeline of the war.
1. Label each character in the cartoon:
4. Make your own sketch of the USS Maine explosion below:
5. What was the rallying cry started by this event?
1898
6. What is Yellow Journalism?
7. Why is this an example of it?
2. What is the main idea of this cartoon?
3. What did the Teller Amendment do?
8. Who were the Rough Riders?
9. What was the significance of the Battle of San Juan Hill?
10. Where did fighting continue after the Treaty was signed?
1899
11. What territories did the U.S. gain in the war?
13. How did the Platt Amendment change the earlier Teller Amendment?
1901
12. What does is this cartoon trying to say about the relationship between the U.S. and the new territories?