The Spanish

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The Spanish American War
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Causes

• M
• Y
• M
• A
• I
• D

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Causes

• M ahan (ideas about power)
• Y
• M
• A
• I
• D

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Causes

• M ahan (ideas about power)
• Y ellow Journalism
• M
• A
• I
• D

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Causes

• M ahan (ideas about power)
• Y ellow Journalism
• M aine (Who done it?)
• A
• I
• D

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Causes

• M ahan (ideas about power)
• Y ellow Journalism
• M aine (Who done it?)
• A buse of Cubans (Concentration Camps )
• I
• D

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Causes

• M ahan (ideas about power)
• Y ellow Journalism
• M aine (Who done it?)
• A buse of Cubans (Concentration camps )
• I nterests in sugar (American business)
• D

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Causes

• M ahan (ideas about power)
• Y ellow Journalism
• M aine (Who done it?)
• A buse of Cubans (Concentration camps )
• I nterests in sugar (American business)
• D e Lome Letter (Dis on the President)

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The Splendid Little War

• April 20, 1898 Congress gives the okay
• Roosevelt sends in navy as Assist. Sec. of Navy
• having immense fun running the navy!
• Few combat deaths / easy war
• 385 die from Spanish bullets
• 2 major naval battles w/ only two deaths
• Most death comes from fever

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In good spirits because oranges and coconuts are
so plentiful every trooper has his canteen full
of lemonade all the time.
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So What?

• Treaty of Paris
• Cuba Independent
• Philippines bought for 20 Mill.
• U.S. gets Guam Puerto Rico
• U.S. emerges as a full fledged world power