USHX 10.2 The Spanish American War
Drill: Open Door Policy & Boxer Rebellion
Open Door Policy: U. S. policy, stating that all nations should have equal access to trade
with China
Boxer Rebellion: uprising in 1900 in which Chinese nationalists killed foreign diplomats
and attacked the foreign settlement in Beijing
OBJECTIVE: Students will explain the effect of the press on U.S. involvement in the
conflict in Cuba by describing what enabled the United States to win the war with Spain
and analyze the effect of the Spanish-American War on the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto
Rico.
Notes:
1. U.S. newspapers used yellow journalism to exaggerate news stories and get
the American people angry enough to go to war against Spain.
2. The US won the Spanish-American War because of its powerful navy.
3. The Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico fell under U.S. control
4. The United States set up a military government in Cuba.
5. Puerto Rico got a nonmilitary government and later became a US Territory.
1. F; In 1868 Cubans revolted against Spain.
2. T
3. T
4. F; It said that the United States had no intention
of taking over Cuba.
5. F; In the battle at Santiago every Spanish ship
was destroyed.
6. F; Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the
Philippines were placed under U.S. control.
7. T
8. T
9. F; In gave the United States the authority to
intervene in Cuban affairs.
10. T
Reading the Section
1. José Martí
2. Valeriano Weyler
3. yellow journalism
4. William Randolph Hearst
5. Maine
6. William McKinley
7. Teller Amendment
8. George Dewey
9. Theodore Roosevelt
10. Anti-Imperialist League
Summary: Today’s lesson was about yellow journalism, the United States take over of
Cuba and other territories.
Homework: Yellow Journalism & Embalm
Yellow Journalism: the printing of sensational, often exaggerated news stories to attract
more readers
Embalm: method to preserve a dead body
Name __________________________ Class _______________ Date ________________
USHX 10.2 The Spanish American War
TRUE/FALSE Indicate whether each statement below is true or false by writing T or F in the space
provided. If the statement is false, explain why.
______ 1. In 1868 Puerto Ricans revolted against Spain, starting a decades-long struggle for freedom.
______ 2. Yellow journalism is the use of sensational, often exaggerated stories to attract readers.
______ 3. After U.S. forces led by Commodore Dewey destroyed Spain’s Pacific fleet in Manila Bay,
U.S. and Filipino forces took control of the Philippine capital, Manila.
______ 4. The Teller Amendment said that the United States intended to take over Cuba.
______ 5. In the battle at Santiago every U.S. ship was destroyed.
______ 6. The treaty that ended the Spanish-American War placed Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, and
Puerto Rico under Spanish control.
______ 7. The Anti-Imperialist League accused the United States of building a colonial empire.
______ 8. In 1946 the United States granted full independence to the Philippines.
______ 9. The Platt Amendment forbade the United States to intervene in Cuban affairs.
______10. Puerto Ricans gained U.S. citizenship with the passage of the Jones Act in 1917.
READING THE SECTION As you read the section, use the space provided to write the term or name
that is identified by each statement. Choose your answers from the list below. Some answers will not be
used.
George Dewey
José Martí
Anti-Imperialist League
Maine
Teller Amendment
William Randolph Hearst
William McKinley
Valeriano Weyler
Theodore Roosevelt
yellow journalism
Platt Amendment
Frederic Remington
_______________________ 1. Cuban banished to Spain for action against Cuba’s Spanish rulers
_______________________ 2. General sent by Spain to crush the rebellion in Cuba
_______________________ 3. Use of sensational, often exaggerated stories to attract readers
_______________________ 4. Publisher who created stories to sell newspapers and to increase
support for U.S. action in Cuba
_______________________ 5. Battleship whose sinking led the United States to war with Spain
_______________________ 6. President who asked Congress for $50 million for war preparations
_______________________ 7. Declared that the United States had no intention of taking over Cuba
_______________________ 8. Person whose warships destroyed Spain’s Pacific fleet in Manila Bay
_______________________ 9. Future president who organized the Rough Riders to fight in Cuba
______________________10. Group that accused the United States of building a colonial empire
In your own words, summarize today’s lesson.