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CHAPTER 10, SECTION 2 NOTES

CHAPTER 10, SECTION 2 NOTES. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (APRIL-AUGUST, 1898). AMERICAN INTEREST IN CUBA. Cuba lies 90 miles south of Florida 1886-Cuba is controlled by Spain American businessmen began investing millions of dollars in large sugar cane plantations on the island.

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CHAPTER 10, SECTION 2 NOTES

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  1. CHAPTER 10, SECTION 2 NOTES THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (APRIL-AUGUST, 1898)

  2. AMERICAN INTEREST IN CUBA • Cuba lies 90 miles south of Florida • 1886-Cuba is controlled by Spain • American businessmen began investing millions of dollars in large sugar cane plantations on the island.

  3. Cubans wanted their independence from Spain • Native Cubans had been forced into slavery by the Spanish. • The Cubans began a revolt against the Spanish hoping to provoke the U.S. to send aid.

  4. Teller Amendment • The U.S. will not annex Cuba. Congress pledged to leave the government and control of the island to the people as soon as peace was established there.

  5. What group of people do you think were interested in sending aid to Cuba? -Wealthy businessmen to protect their interests in Cuba

  6. CUBA UNDER SPANISH RULE

  7. GENERAL VALERIANO WEYLER • THE “BUTCHER” OF CUBA

  8. Spain sent General Valeriano Weyler to restore order in Cuba. • He put the entire Cuban population into barbed wire concentration camps. • Hundreds of thousands died due to hunger, disease, and starvation.

  9. Yellow journalism • Exaggerating the news to lure and enrage readers • News reports of Weyler’s brutality began circulating in the news. • This would lead to many Americans supporting war against Spain.

  10. WILLIAM MCKINLEY • PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A. FROM 1897-1901

  11. WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST • OWNER AND EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK JOURNAL

  12. WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST

  13. JOSEPH PULITZER • OWNER AND EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK WORLD

  14. YELLOW KID • This popular comic strip led to yellow journalism.

  15. Pres. McKinley wanted to avoid war with Spain so he tried diplomatic means to resolve the crisis. • As a result, Spain recalled Gen. Weyler, did away with some concentration camps, and gave Cuba limited self-government.

  16. ENRIQUE DUPUY DE LOMESPANISH AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.

  17. February, 1898-the New York Journal published the DeLome letter. • A Cuban rebel had stolen the letter from a Havana post office and leaked it to the newspaper.

  18. It criticized Pres. McKinley calling him “weak” and was “a bidder for the admiration of the crowd”. • Americans were angered over the insult. • The Spanish government apologized and the ambassador resigned.

  19. USS MAINE-FEBRUARY 15,1898

  20. 1898-Pres. McKinley ordered the U.S.S. Maine to Cuba to bring home American citizens in danger from the fighting and to protect American property. • February 15, 1898-the ship blew up in the harbor of Havana killing 260 men.

  21. No one really knew why the ship exploded • American newspapers claimed that the Spanish had blown up the ship. • “Remember the Maine” became the cry that would support U.S. involvement in Cuba.

  22. April 20, 1898-Congress declared war on Spain • Spain currently had colonies in the Philippines, Guam, a few areas in Africa, and Cuba and Puerto Rico.

  23. ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY

  24. April 30th-First place of attack came about in Manila-the capital of the Philippines. • Within hours, Dewey’s men had destroyed every Spanish ship. • Filipinos joined forces with the Americans to gain freedom from Spain.

  25. BATTLE OF MANILA

  26. EMILIO AGUINALDO

  27. Aguinaldo assisted the American troops in freeing the Philippines from Spanish control.

  28. WESLEY MERRITT

  29. Wesley Merritt and the U.S. Army will take command of the Philippines once the Spanish have been defeated.

  30. GENERAL WILLIAM SHAFTER

  31. General Shafter was commander of American troops in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

  32. June, 1898 • American forces landed in Cuba • Army of 17,000 included a voluntary cavalry called the Rough Riders under the command of Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt

  33. Leonard Wood Theodore Roosevelt

  34. Rough Riders • Established by Theodore Roosevelt to fight in Cuba • Voluntary Cavalry Unit • Harvard football players, polo players, cowboys, outlaws/crooks, Native Americans, and miners

  35. The Spanish-American war would be fought on the three islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. • Infantry-foot soldiers • Cavalry-soldiers on horseback • How long did this war last?- 16 weeks

  36. July 1, 1898-Battle of San Juan Hill and Santiago • Bloodiest battle of the S-A war. • Americans lost three times as many lives as the Spanish.

  37. THE ROUGH RIDERS

  38. JOHN J. PERSHING

  39. COMMANDER OF THE 10TH NEGRO CAVALRY DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

  40. ADMIRAL WILLIAM SAMPSON

  41. He was instrumental in destroying Admiral Cervera’s Spanish fleet in Santiago Harbor in Cuba.

  42. SANTIAGO HARBOR

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