CPUSH – The US Becomes a World Power



Spanish-American War

1. How did the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 reflect Americans' self-image? How did it contradict what was actually happening in the U.S. economy?

2. What was the United States’ justification or rationalization for expanding our power? What was the United States view of Spain and how does this attitude drive our desire for Imperial / colonial empires?

3. Cuban Independence : Explain –Include Key people, ideas, attitudes, etc. Gomez, Marti , Weyler, baseball v bull fighting, Weyler’s “camps”,

4. Sensationalist journalism, like that practiced at the turn of the century by William Randolph Hearst, is often referred to as "yellow journalism," due to the lemon-colored cartoon strips that made certain newspapers popular. Is yellow journalism practiced today? How does it differ from that practiced in 1898? Does it still influence foreign policy decisions?

5. Do you find it ironic that the explosion aboard the Maine could have been an accident? Do you think that the Spanish-American War would have happened anyway? Why?

6. Throughout the 19th Century, this crop was Cuba's main export:

A. Coffee B. Sugar C. Bananas

7. In 1868, Cuban sugar planters took up arms to win their independence. The commander of the rebel army was:

A. Gen. Maximo Gomez B. Jose Marti C. General Valeriano Weyler

8. In 1896, Filipinos launched a major nationwide revolution against the Spaniards who had ruled the Philippines since the 1500s. One revolutionary who rose through the ranks and became president of the Katipunan in 1897 was:

A. Emilio Aguinaldo B. Calixto Garcia C. Louis Perez

9. Puerto Rico was once a Spanish colony.

A. True B. False

10. William Randolph Hearst's newspaper was called:

A. The San Simeon Daily B. The New York Journal C. The New York Sentinel

11. Richard Harding Davis was a brilliant but reckless reporter who died on the Cuban battlefield while covering a story.

A. True B. False

12. Spain's colonial governor in Cuba was characterized by the U.S. newspapers as a "fiendish despot, a brute, and an exterminator of men." Who was he?

A. General Maximo Gomez B. General Valeriano Weyler C. Admiral George Dewey

13. "I should welcome almost any war for I think this country needs one." Who said this?

A. William Randolph Hearst B. President William McKinley C. Theodore Roosevelt

14. During the years of the Spanish-American War, the King of Spain was a 14-year-old boy.

A. True B. False

15. Many years after the war, a U.S. Navy admiral determined that the explosion aboard the U.S.S. Maine was not an external explosion, but was probably set off by a spontaneous combustion fire.

A. True B. False

16. Commodore Dewey was celebrated and promoted to admiral after battle in what body of water?

A. Havana Harbor B. Manila Bay C. Laguna de Bay

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Fall 2010

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