HOW DID EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
HELP TO CAUSE THE OUTBREAK OF
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR?
• AMERICAN BUSINESS OWNERS
– URGED U.S INTERVENTION TO PROTECT
AMERICAN BUSINESS INTERESTS IN CUBA
HOW DID EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
HELP TO CAUSE THE OUTBREAK OF
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR?
• José MARTI
– PROVOKED U.S. INTERVENTION BY DELIBERATELY
DESTROYING AMERICAN-OWNED SUGAR MILLS
AND PLANTAIONS
HOW DID EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
HELP TO CAUSE THE OUTBREAK OF
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR?
• VALERIANO WEYLER
– TOOK HARSH ACTIONS AGAINST THE CUBAN
PEOPLE, INCLUDING FORCIBLY REMOVING THEM
TO CAMPS, WHERE THOUSANDS DIED
HOW DID EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
HELP TO CAUSE THE OUTBREAK OF
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR?
• YELLOW JOURNALISM
– ENCOURAGED THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO
SYMPATHIZE WITH CUBAN REBELS AND THE WAR
HOW DID EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
HELP TO CAUSE THE OUTBREAK OF
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR?
• DE Lô LETTER
– ANGERED THE AMERICAN PUBLIC BECAUSE OF
ITS CRTICISM OF PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
HOW DID EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
HELP TO CAUSE THE OUTBREAK OF
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR?
• U.S.S. MAINE
– LED TO WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR WAR; LED
MCKINLEY TO ASK CONGRESS TO DECLARE WAR
WHAT HAPPENED TO EACH OF THE
FOLLOWING TERRIOTORIES AS A
RESULT OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN
WAR
• CUBA
– ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN
WHAT HAPPENED TO EACH OF THE
FOLLOWING TERRIOTORIES AS A
RESULT OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN
WAR
• PUERTO RICO
– WENT FROM SPANISH TO AMERICAN RULE
WHAT HAPPENED TO EACH OF THE
FOLLOWING TERRIOTORIES AS A
RESULT OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN
WAR
• GUAM
– WENT FROM SPANISH TO AMERICAN RULE
WHAT HAPPENED TO EACH OF THE
FOLLOWING TERRIOTORIES AS A
RESULT OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN
WAR
• PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
– SOLD BY SPAIN TO THE U.S.; ANNEXED BY THE
U.S.