Spanish American War Ch 10-2

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Spanish American WarCh 10-2
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Cubans Rebel Against Spain

• At one time Spain was the most powerful colonial
  nation on earth.
• By the end pf the 1800s it retained the
  Philippines, Guam, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and some
  outposts in Africa.
• Cubans rebelled against Spain between 1868 and
  1878 but failed.
• Once Cuba abolished slavery in 1886 many American
  companies invested money in the large sugar cane
  plantations.

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2nd War for Independence

• Jose Marti was a Cuban journalist and poet who
  launched a revolution in 1895 against Spain.
• 300,000 Cubans were sent into concentration camps
  were thousands died form hunger and disease.
• Yellow Journalism- a sensational style of
  writing, which exaggerates the news to lure and
  enrage readers.

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Events that Lead to the American Intervention in
Cuba

• Yellow Journalism helped fuel the Americans anger
  against the Spaniards treatment of Cubans.
• The De Lome Letter- Enrique Dupuy de Lome, the
  Spanish minister to the U.S., wrote a letter
  criticizing President McKinley, which angered
  many Americans.
• U.S.S. Maine Explodes- the ship was ordered to
  bring Americans from Cuba back to the U.S. to
  keep them from the dangers of war. More than 260
  men died when it exploded in the harbor of
  Havana.

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Remember the Maine

• Nobody ever found out who was responsible for
  exploding the ship but blame was put on Spain.
• Spain agreed to everything the U.S. demanded,
  including a six month cease fire.
• Two months later the U.S. declared war on Spain.

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War in the Philippines

• Instead of invading Cuba, the U.S. invaded the
  Spanish colony-the Philippine Islands.
• Within 4 months the Spanish troops surrendered to
  the U.S.

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War in the Caribbean

• San Juan Hill- The Rough Riders and the Buffalo
  Soldiers captured Kettle Hill which allowed them
  to later capture San Juan Hill- a strategically
  important location.
• Roosevelt played a small role but the newspapers
  declared him the hero of San Juan hill.
• The war lasted 15 weeks.

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Treaty of Paris

• Spain freed Cuba, and turned over the islands of
  Guam and Puerto Rico, and sold the Philippines to
  the U.S. for 20 million.
• Many Americans argued over the fact that the
  United States had become an imperial power. The
  war was meant to help free people not to free
  them and take them over again.

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Buffalo Soldiers
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