Causes of the Spanish-American War (1898)

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Causes of the Spanish-American War (1898)

1. Explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor, Cuba
2. The De Lome Letter Called President McKinley
   Weak
3. The Yellow Press Exaggerated events in Cuba
   feeding babies to sharks!!
4. Inspired by the Declaration of Independence we
   want Cuba to experience freedom independence
   like the USA

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Cuba fights for Independence from Spain We
want Cuba for sugar
Cuban events sensationalized by the Yellow
Press 2 main journalists 1. Pulitzer 2. Hearst
A new Spanish minister is sent to Cuba We
send the USS Maine even though its not ready
For battle
The USS Maine explodes in Havana
Harbor Remember the Maine No one knows what
happened, but we blamed Spain
The De Lome Letter From Spanish Minister Called
President McKinley Weak!

• The US goes to war
• With Spain 3 reasons
• Yellow Press
• 2. The De Lome Letter
• USS Maine
• Explosion

The Teller Amendment Agreement with Cuba we
will not try to take them over after the war
The US blockades Cuban Ports goes to war with
Spain 2 Front War The US fights Spain in Cuba
the Philippines
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Admiral George Dewey sent to the Philippines (
Manila Bay) to destroy the Spanish Pacific Fleet
Teddy Roosevelt leads the Rough Riders at the
battle of San Juan Hill Most soldier die of
diseases

• Spain agrees to the
• Treaty of Paris, 1898
• US gets Puerto Rico,
• Guam, the Philippines
• Cuba gets independence
• from Spain

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Effects of the Spanish-American War (1898)

• Cuba free from Spain
• US gets islands in the Pacific the Caribbean
• Pacific Hawaii, Guam, Philippines
• Caribbean Puerto Rica, piece of Cuba
• US involved in Cuban affairs
• US becomes a strong international power