1. What are the “appropriate” reasons for war? “I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one.” –Teddy Roosevelt, 1897 “This fraud (war in Iraq) will go down in history alongside the Spanish-American War. Saddam’s fictitious weapons will increasingly seem as phony a casus belli as the destruction the Maine in Havana harbor.” –The Washington Post, May 2003

4. Guantanamera One of last poems by Jose Marti: I am a truthful man from this land of palm trees; before dying I want to share these poems of my soul. My verses are light green, but they are also flaming red. My poems are a wounded fawn seeking refuge in the forest I cultivate a rose in June and in January, for the sincere friend who gives me his hand And for the cruel one who would tear out this heart with which I live. I do not cultivate thistles nor nettles, I cultivate a white rose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5JLC AIJLJ8

5. Cuban Revolt Spanish oppression –“Butcher” Weyler –U.S. sympathy for Cuban underdogs Jose Marti Big $ for U.S. business Location of Cuba in Caribbean

11. DeLome Letter

15. War with Spain McKinley: “Wobbly Willie” –“white-livered” and “backbone of chocolate éclair” War message to Congress Teller Amendment George Dewey in Manila Bay Emilio Aguinaldo

16. George Dewey Emilio Aguinaldo

17. Oh, dewy was the morning Upon the first of May, And Dewey was the Admiral, Down in Manila Bay, And dewy were the Spainards’ eyes, Them orbs of black and blue; And dew we feel discouraged? I dew not think we dew! Written by an amateur poet after George Dewey became an instant national hero

26. Treaty of Paris Guam, Wake and Puerto Rico Philippines –$20 million to Spain –McKinley’s “divine guidance” “Splendid Little War”

34. Summary 8 mins –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU5l4yQ CpMMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU5l4yQ CpMM