Name:________________________________________________ DUE DATE:______________________
Spanish American War Web-quest
Answer on Google Docs and share with Mr. Ryan and Mrs. Michalek
Link #1: www.pbs.org/crucible/tl10.html
Describe the reward offered for the "detection of the Perpetrator of the Maine Outrage."
1. How much was the reward?
2. Who offered the reward?
Link #2: www.pbs.org/crucible/headlines.html
Explore the Headline Gallery and select one of the samples.
3. Write down one headline that captures you attention.
4. Explain how the headline you chose might have inflamed American passions for war.
Link #3: http://spanamwar.com/dynamite
How effective was the Dynamite Gun used in the Spanish American War?
5. Briefly describe whether the dynamite gun was an effective weapon.
6. Name 2 advantages of the dynamite gun.
7. Name 2 disadvantages of the dynamite gun.
Link #4: http://spanamwar.com/Hearst
Who is called the "father of Yellow Journalism", and why was he called this?
8. Who was the “father of Yellow Journalism”?
9. Why was he called this?
10. Who was his main competitor?
Link #5: http://spanamwar.com/amputation
Private Manning , a member of the 33rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry, was the first soldier of the
war to have what?
11. Private Manning was the first soldier of the war to have what?
Link# 6: www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/teller.html
In April 1898 Senator Henry M. Teller (Colorado) proposed an amendment to the U.S.
declaration of war against Spain. What did this amendment say?
12. Explain the teller Amendment in detail.
Name:________________________________________________ DUE DATE:______________________
Link #7: www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/roughriders.html
Who commanded the "Rough Riders", and what was this unit's official name?
13. Who commanded the “Rough Riders”?
14. What was the unit’s official name?
15. What types of people made up the “Rough Riders”?
Link #8: www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/hay.html
John Hay, Secretary of State, wrote a letter to Theodore Roosevelt describing the SpanishAmerican war as "______________".
16. What phrase did John Hay use to describe the Spanish-American War?
Link #9: http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/yellowfever/ &
http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/yellowfever/cuba/
What disease caused more American casualties in Cuba than the Spanish bullets? Who led the
battle against it, and what were the symptoms?
17. Name the disease that killed & caused more American casualties in Cuba than Spanish bullets.
18. Who led the battle against the disease?
19. Briefly describe the initial & then severe symptoms of the disease.
20. Why was the African-American regiment sent to care for the sick?
Link #10: http://www.historyguy.com/PhilipineAmericanwar.html#.Ui4BzdJwrTo
When the United States refused to give the Philippines their independence, who led the Filipino
forces in opposition to the U.S. ? What kind of war was it? (Scroll down to CAUSES OF
CONFLICT & DESCRIPTION OF CONFLICT)
21. Who led the Filipino forces against the US?
22. What type of warfare tactics did he use against the Americans beginning in November 1899?