The SpanishAmerican War

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• The Spanish-American War

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• Background Americans invested large amounts of
  money in Cuban sugar. U. S. was Cubas main
  market.
• Cuba was controlled by Spain
• anti-Spanish sentiment
• Jose Marti organized resistance against Spain
• Guerrilla tactics
• Destroying American sugar mills and plantations

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• Marti continued,
• Cuban poet and journalist
• Exiled in New York
• Launched revolution in 1895
• Spanish response sent General Weyler to Cuba to
  restore order the Butcher
• 300,000 Cubans in concentration camps many died

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Hearst and Pulitzer

• Yellow Journalism sensational and irresponsible
  reporting that exaggerates the news to lure new
  readers
• Hearst sent artist Frederick Remington to Cuba to
  illustrate stories. Remington said war unlikely.
  
• Hearst You furnish the pictures and Ill furnish
  the war

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De Lome Letter

• De Lome was the Spanish minister to the U. S.
• Letter stolen from Havana Post Office
• Criticized President McKinley as weak and a
  bidder for the admiration of the crowd.
• Published in newspapers
• Angered U. S. citizens

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Maine

• U. S. battleship
• Exploded in Havana Harbor
• Blamed on the Spanish
• Battle cry Remember the Maine!

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Declaration of War

• April 11, 1898 McKinley asked Congress for a
  declaration war against Spain in order to bring
  peace to Cuba.

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Spanish- American War

• Lasted about 3 months
• More men died from disease than from being shot
• U. S. troops had only wool uniforms to wear in a
  tropical climate

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Most Famous Battle

• Kettle Hill Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough
  Riders (volunteer cavalry unit)
• Paved way for an attack on San Juan Hill

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Philippines

• Controlled by Spain for 300 years
• Naval Commander George Dewey led
• U. S. Pacific fleet to Manila Bay.
• Destroyed the Spanish fleet

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Treaty of Paris - 1898

• Cuba would become independent
• Spain would give Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.
  S.
• The U.S. would pay Spain 20 million for the
  Philippines