Chapter 7 Section 2 – The Spanish-American War (p. 268-275)
MAIN IDEAS
The Coming of War
(p. 268)
Cuba
(p. 268-269)
NOTES
 Last Spanish colonies in the Western Hemisphere (1898) = Cuba and Puerto Rico
1.) Cuba was a _______________________________________________________________________________
 Sugarcane plantations

Mid-1800s = produced 1/3 of world’s sugar
2.) 1868-1878 =_______________________________________________________________________________
3.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) _________________________________________________________________________________
 Early 1890s = US and Cuba linked economically

US placed a tariff on sugar that hurt Cuba’s economy
4.) Feb. 1895 = Marti __________________________________________________________________________
a.) _________________________________________________________________________________
5.) Sept. 1895 = Set up the ______________________________________________________________________
America Reacts
(p. 269-270)
1.) USA was _________________________________________________________________________________

President Cleveland made the statement that the USA would stay neutral
2.) Americans were ___________________________________________________________________________
3.) _________________________________________________________________________________________

exaggerated, sensationalist reporting to attract readers

Wrote stories about Spanish atrocities
a.) New York Journal = ________________________________________________________________
b.) New York World = _________________________________________________________________
Spain Reacts
(p. 269-270)
1.) __________________________________________________________________________________ to Cuba
a.) _____________________________________________________________ = appointed as governor

El Carnicero = The Butcher
2.) Cuban rebels ______________________________________________________________________________
a.) Hoped ___________________________________________________________________________

Hit-and-run raids destroyed plantations, sugar mills, tore up RR tracks, and attacked supply depots
3.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) used to ___________________________________________________________________________
Calls for War
Against Spain
(p. 270-271)
1.) Sept. 1897 = US asked Spain if the they could help ________________________________________________
in Cuba
a.) Spain ____________________________________________________________________________
b.) Spain offered ___________________________ to Cuba if they remained part of the Spanish empire
2.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
3.) Jan. 1898 = ________________________________________________ in Havana, Cuba_________________
a.) __________________________________ was sent to _____________________________________
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4.) Feb. 9, 1898 = New York Journal printed a Spanish letter that _______________________________________
5.) Feb. 15, 1898 = __________________________________________________ exploded in the Havana Harbor
a.) Americans believed that the __________________________________________________________

“Remember the Maine”
6.) _________________________________________________________________________________________

jingoism = aggressive nationalism
7.) April 19, 1898 = US Congress proclaimed _______________________________________________________
a.) _________________________________________________________________________________
b.) Gave the president _________________________________________________________________
8.) April 24, 1898 = _________________________________________________________________ on the USA
A War on Two Fronts (p. 271)
 Philippines were a Spanish colony
The Battle of Manila Bay
Philippines
(p. 271-272)
1.) US wanted to prevent the ____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
2.) May 1, 1898 = Commodore _____________________________________ takes control of ________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________

At dawn, 4 US ships destroyed all 8 of the Spanish ships
3.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) _________________________________________________________________________________

Guam was a Spanish possession in the Pacific Ocean
4.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) Helped ___________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
5.) _________________________________________________________________________________________

Manila = Philippine capital
American Forces in
Cuba
(p. 272)
 Spanish troops weren’t prepared to fight in Cuba
 US troops were not prepared either
1.) June 14, 1898 = 17,000 US troops land _________________________________________________________
a.) to _______________________________________________________________________________
b.) force __________________________________________________________________________ to
do battle
2.) ______________________________________________________ advance towards _____________________

Western US volunteer cavalry unit made up of cowboys, minders and law officers

Theodore Roosevelt was second in command
3.) July 1 = __________________________________________________________________________________
a.) _________________________________________________________________________________

El Caney - a village northeast of Santiago
b.) _________________________________________________________________________________

All-black 8th and 10th Cavalry Regiments helped the Rough Riders at Kettle Hill
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c.) _________________________________________________________________________________

The Rough Riders took Kettle Hill and then helped to take San Juan Hill
4.) Spanish fleet ______________________________________________________________________________
a.) July 3 = US ships __________________________________________________________________
5.) _________________________________________________________________________________________

Two weeks after Spanish fleet was destroyed
6.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
Debate Over the
Annexation of the
Philippines
(p. 273-274)
1.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) _________________________________________________________________________________
b.) _________________________________________________________________________________
o Stopover for trading ships going to China
o Market for US goods
c.) _________________________________________________________________________________
o Help “less civilized people”
2.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) _________________________________________________________________________________
b.) _________________________________________________________________________________
o Imperialism violated American principles
c.) _________________________________________________________________________________
o American wages would be driven down by cheap Filipino labor
3.) President _________________________________________________________________________________
4.) ______________________________________________________________ = Dec. 10, 1898 = US and Spain
a.) _________________________________________________________________________________
b.) _________________________________________________________________________________
c.) _________________________________________________________________________________
 Cuba was independent and made a new constitution
The USA & Cuba
(p. 274-275)
1.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
2.) _________________________________________________________________________________________

Conditions added to the Cuban constitution by the US
a.) Cuba could not make ________________________________________________________________
b.) Cuba had to _______________________________________________________________________
c.) Cuba had to keep __________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
d.) _________________________________________________________________________________
3.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
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US Territory
Puerto Rico
(p. 275)
1.) ____________________________________________ (1900) = set up a ______________________________
for Puerto Rico
a.) _________________________________________________________________________________
b.) _______________________________________________________________ and executive council
b1.) ________________________________________________________________________
o US president had final authority
2.) US Supreme Court ruled that _________________________________________________________________

Puerto Ricans did not have constitutional rights of citizens
3.) 1917 = Puerto Ricans granted ________________________________________________________________
4.) 1947 = Puerto Ricans _______________________________________________________________________
US Territory
The Philippines
(p. 275)
1.) ______________________________________________________________________________ (1899-1902)
2.) Emilio Aguinaldo led _______________________________________________________________________
3.) US ______________________________________________________________________________________
a.) _________________________________________________________________________________

Thousands of civilians died of disease and starvation
4.) ______________________________________________________________ – first US __________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________

Tried to win over the Filipinos by making improvements
a.) Improved _________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
b.) Helped to _________________________________________________________________________
c.) Reforms helped ____________________________________________________________________
5.) March 1901 – _____________________________________________________________________________
6.) July 4, 1902 = US __________________________________________________________________________
7.) Mid-1930s = US ___________________________________________________________________________

They were allowed to elect their own congress and president
8.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
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