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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