The Splendid Little War”
The Splendid Little War”
The Spanish American War
May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2
Causes
1. The _______________ rebel against their Spanish colonial masters
2. Jingoism
Displays of Power
• Vs. Chilean Government
• Vs. Brazilian Rebels
• Vs. Great Britain
• All of these actions reaffirmed the _______________________________
The Cuban Rebellion
• Cuban peasants vs. The Spanish Empire
• “Re-concentration Camps” – 200k Cubans Dead
• US didn’t get involved until Rebels destroyed our _________________________
Jingoism
• Many Americans are __________________ (many aren’t)
• Yellow journalism whips up anti-Spanish Sentiments
The De Lome Letter
• Called _________________ weak
• Angers the American Public
Explosion of the USS Maine
• Stationed in Havana __________________
• Probably a coal fire or ammunition explosion
• Killed 250 Americans
• Roosevelt tells the US Navy to prepare for war (with out permission)
• McKinley demands a ____________________, and Cuban independence.
• Spain refuses and war begins
Naval Actions
• Simultaneous attacks on Spanish ships in Cuba and the _____________________.
• The Spanish Pacific fleet is wiped out in less than 7 hours.
• The Gulf of Mexico Fleet will be wiped out on July 3rd.
Land Actions
• San Juan Hill
• Only part of a much larger battle
• Made _________________________________ even more famous
Casualties
• 2500 Americans die, only 16% are battlefield casualties.
• MOST DIE FROM ___________________.
Treaty of Paris, 1898
• The US gets…
– _____________________
– The Philippines
– Puerto Rico
• Spain gets…
– $____________________________
Cuba gets… INDEPENDENCE! (after the Platt Amendment)
Our new colonies…
• The Philippines (who had aided us vs. the Spanish) wanted __________________.
– Over 200k Filipinos died fighting the US
• Puerto Rico was given gradual self control
• _________________
• Forced Annexation in 1898
• Used for A Naval Base
• Wanted access to their sugar cane
• American Samoa
• Pago Pago harbor was used as a refueling station
• Set up ____________________ Island as a refueling station
China
• “Spheres of Influence”
• __________ ____________ _________________ (gives us access to China’s millions of consumers)
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