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Spanish American War

Spanish American War. The Coming of War. Cuban rebellion against Spain American ship the Maine blown up in Cuban Harbor. The Coming of War. Americans support Cubans Spanish General Weyler - sent to restore order putting the Cubans in concentration camps

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Spanish American War

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  1. Spanish American War

  2. The Coming of War • Cuban rebellion against Spain • American ship the Maine blown up in Cuban Harbor

  3. The Coming of War • Americans support Cubans • Spanish General Weyler- sent to restore order putting the Cubans in concentration camps • “Yellow Journalism”- fueled by exaggerated stories published by rival newspapers

  4. The Coming of War • Calling out for War • U.S. intervention? • Cuban loyalists are mad • Letter on McKinley printed in NY Times • “Remember the Maine” • April 14, 1898

  5. War on 2 Fronts • U.S. Blockades Cuba • Guerilla warfare used by Cuban army

  6. War on 2 Fronts • Battle in Cuba • More died in training camps than in war • June 14, 1898- “Rough Riders” land in Santiago • Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill • Aug. 12, 1898 ended the “splendid little war”

  7. American Empire Born • Debate over the Philippines • Rebellion by Filipinos aided by Americans • 1946- becomes independent country

  8. Treaty of Paris • Ended war • U.S. becomes an imperial power • U.S. freed Cuba, and annexed Guam & Puerto Rico

  9. American Empire Born • Puerto Rico • Foraker Act 1900: • made Puerto Rico an “unincorporated territory” • Puerto Ricans are not citizens & congress can pass whatever laws they want • Jones Act 1917: Puerto Ricans became U.S. citizens • 1947: Puerto Ricans could elect their own governor

  10. American Empire Born • Platt Amendment • No treaty limiting independence • U.S. had right to intervene in Cuba • Cuba could not go into debt • U.S. could buy or lease land for naval and refueling stations **Made Cuba a U.S. protectorate

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