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Obj­ SWBAT­ Identify the causes and effects of the Spanish American War.

DO NOW­ According to the cartoon, how has United States imperialism benefitted these countries?

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Spanish Misrule in Cuba

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The “Butcher” Weyler (Gen. Valeriano Weyler)

• Cubans began to rebel against Spain in 1895.

• General Weyler was sent to Cuba to restore order.  He sent 300,000 Cubans to barbed wire reconcentration camps.  Many died.

• How was Weyler view by this cartoonist?

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Weyler‛s “Reconcentration” Policy

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“Yellow Journalism” & Jingoism

Joseph Pulitzer

William Randolph Hearst

Hearst to Frederick Remington: You furnish the pictures, and I‛ll furnish the war!

Sensational style of writing which exaggerates the news to lure and 

enrage readers

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De Lôme Letter• Dupuy de Lôme, Spanish

Ambassador to the U.S.

• Criticized President McKinley as weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd, besides being a would-be politician who tries to leave a door open behind himself while keeping on good terms with the jingoes of his party.

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Remember the Maine!

What message is the artist trying to communicate?

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Remember the Maineto Hell with Spain!

Funeral for Maine victims in Havana

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The Spanish-American War (April 11,1898):“That Splendid Little War”

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Dewey Captures Manila!

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Teddy Roosevelt and the first Volunteer Regiment of the war

• Secretary of the Navy Teddy Roosevelt resigned his post

• May 15th he began training with the Rough Riders

• San Juan and Kettle Hills

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The “Rough Riders”

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Buffalo Soldiers

• African American members of the 9th and 10th cavalry.

• Were in the forefront of the assault on Kettle and San Juan Hills.

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The Spanish-American War (1898):“That Splendid Little War”

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Treaty of Paris December 1898• Spain agreed to grant Cuba its

independence• Spain gave the U.S. two islands:

> Puerto Rico> Guam

• Spain sold the Philippines to the U.S. for 20 million

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Teller Amendment (1898)Passed by Congress when it declared war on Spain. Prevented the U.S. from taking possession of Cuba.

Platt Amendment (1903)Cuba was not to enter into any agreements with foreign powers that would endanger its independence.The U.S. could intervene in Cuban affairs if necessary to maintain an efficient, independent govt.Cuba must lease Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. for naval and coaling station.Cuba must not build up an excessive public debt.

Cuban Independence?