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Name:__________________________________
Date:_________________________
CHAPTER 18 – US IMPERIALISM
Section 2 – SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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Read your textbook pgs. 552-557 and answer the questions that follow. Will serve as your section notes!!!!
I. CUBANS REBEL AGAINST SPAIN
A. American Interest in Cuba
1. What did the U.S. try to do in 1854?_________________________What was the result?__________________
2. What happened between 1868 and 1878?________________________________________________________
3. What 2 things happened starting in 1886?a.______________________________________________________
b.___________________________________________________________________________________
B. 2nd Cuban Revolution
1. Identify Jose Marti:________________________________________________________________________
2. What popular phrase did he inspire in Americans by 1895?_________________________________________
Why?________________________________________________________________________________
3. Americans were split over Cuba. Describe the two different points of view:
A)
B)
II. WAR FEVER ESCALATES
1. Who does Spain send in 1896 to crush the Cuban rebellion?_________________________________________
2. What was his methods?_____________________________________________________________________
3. What were the results?______________________________________________________________________
A. Headline Wars
1. Describe yellow journalism:_________________________________________________________________
2. What 2 people engaged in this?______________________________and_______________________________
3. Why?____________________________________________________________________________________
4. Finish the quote: [To Remington] “You furnish the pictures,______________________________________.”
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What did Hearst mean?__________________________________________________________________
B. De Lome Letter
1. Who sent the message?______________________________________________________________________
2. What did it say?____________________________________________________________________________
3. What was the result?________________________________________________________________________
C. U.S.S. Maine
1. Why is this battleship in Cuba?________________________________________________________________
2. What happens on the night of Feb. 15th 1898?____________________________________________________
3. How do American newspapers react?___________________________________________________________
4. (Think chain reaction) This causes people to_____________________________________________________
5. Popular rally cry across US:___________________________________________________!!!
III. WAR WITH SPAIN ERUPTS
What happens on April 20, 1898?________________________________________________________________
A. War in the Philippines
1. Identify George Dewey:_____________________________________________________________________
2. What did he accomplish on May 1, 1898?_______________________________________________________
3. Over the next 2 months,_____________________________________________________________________
By August 1898,________________________________________________.
B. War in the Caribbean
1. While the US Navy was proving its power, how would you describe the situation for the US Army?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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2. Identify the Rough Riders:__________________________________________________________________
Who led them?___________________________________________________
3. What happened at the famous Battles of Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill?________________________________
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4. By July 25, 1898, the Army had invaded what island?______________________________________________
C. Treaty of Paris
1. The war was described as “_______________________________”. It lasted only______________________.
2. According to the Treaty, what was the future for each of the following?
CUBA
PUERTO RICO
GUAM
PHILIPPINES
D. Debate over the Treaty
Identify what each of the following felt about the Treaty:
MCKINLEY
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
SAMUEL GOMPERS
1. Who sits on the throne?
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2. Who are the figures below?
____________________________________
3. What is the message here?
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4. The document held says the following:
“Scandalous Government”
“Gross Immorality”
What does this symbolize?
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School Begins
Description: In the back of the classroom students representing California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and
Alaska are quietly reading. In the front row are boys representing the Philippines, Porto (sic) Rico, Cuba, and
Hawai'i looking as if they would rather not be there. --------------------Courtesy of the Hawai'i State Archives
1. How is the United States portrayed?__________________________________________________________________
2. If CA, TX, NM, and AK are in the back of the room reading already, what does this say about them?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
3. How are the islands depicted in the cartoon?___________________________________________________________
4. Why would they be symbolized like this?______________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What can you predict will happen given time in this cartoon classroom?______________________________________
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6. What does this say overall about America’s foreign policy at the time?_______________________________________
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7. Does this cartoon apply today? Explain your comparison.