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The Spanish American War

The Spanish American War. “Splendid!”. Places of Importance. Cuba. Spanish Colony Since 1515 Home to massive Sugar & tobacco plantations Very profitable, S pain doesn’t want to give it up. Slavery a big business, only abolished in 1886.

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The Spanish American War

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  1. The Spanish American War “Splendid!”

  2. Places of Importance

  3. Cuba • Spanish Colony Since 1515 • Home to massive Sugar & tobacco plantations • Very profitable, Spain doesn’t want to give it up. • Slavery a big business, only abolished in 1886. • Native Cubans want independence, war fought between 1868-1878, Spain Wins, keeps Cuba.

  4. US Interest in Cuba • Monroe Doctrine: Europe to the Europeans, America to the Americans, US Influence. • US offers to buy Cuba 1854, Spanish say no. • US interested in sugar, tobacco plantations, fat stacks of cash.

  5. Say You Want A Revolution • Between 1878-1895, seventeen years of peace in Cuba, American investment boom, island becomes more dependent on US. • In 1895 Cubans try again at the revolution thing, lead by Jose Marti, expat who lived in the US. Didn’t want American Involvement.

  6. The Rebels

  7. WAR!!!! • Marti is killed shortly after the beginning of the war, however it grinds on, becoming a guerilla conflict. • Eventually the Spanish call on Valeriano “the butcher” Weyler. He separates rebels from civilians with use of concentration camps, thousands die.

  8. Yellow Journalism • American sentiment is tilted towards the Cubans in part because of exaggerated stories of Spanish cruelty peddled by newspaper magnet William Randolph Hurst, a Practice called “yellow journalism” • Hurst once said “give me the pictures and I will give you the war”

  9. Remember the Maine!!!! • With tensions boiling the USS Maine is sunk by a mysterious explosion in Havana Bay. It was in Cuba to protect American lives and property. No one knows exactly what happened, but Hearst thinks it was the Spanish. • The US president asks for a declaration of war against Spain & gets one. • The cry rings out, “remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!”

  10. American Entry • In response to the Declaration of war Commodore Dewy steams a USN fleet not to Cuba, but to another Spanish possession, the Philippines, which was also facing a native rebellion, beats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay and with native help takes the Philippines.

  11. Riding Rough • After Manila US Army Forces Land in Cuba and Puerto Rico. • Colonel Theodore Roosevelt leads his cavalry unit to victory at the battle of San Juan Hill. • The US wins the War in only a few months. • Spain Cedes Rico and the Philippines to US, Cuba becomes US protectorate.

  12. Questions • Imperialism…. • Progress, Social Darwinism, Trade, Industrial Revolution, Christianity, A.T. Mehan • 1) Pick one of the above topics and connect it to the Spanish American war. • 2) 2 big terms, Yellow Journalism and the Monroe Doctrine, a) define both terms b) do you think these will come back up in future history?

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