The Spanish-American War

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The Spanish-American War

• Objective Analyze how the Spanish American war
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APK

• Imperialism
• Moral
• Commercial
• Military

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Importance

• What event sparks the start of the
  Spanish-American War?
• 1. Americans sympathies toward Cuba want for
  independence.
• 2. The U.S.S. Maine exploding in Havana harbor.
• 3. American businesses wanted trading rights in
  Puerto Rico.
• 4. The Spanish invasion of Florida.

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Spanish Possessions

• By late 1800s, Spain lost most of its colonies.
• Kept the Philippines, Guam, and Cuba and Puerto
  Rico

Pair Share How would Spain react to the lose of
its colonies? What do you believe Spains
reaction would be to a call for independence from
its colonies?
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Cubans Rebel Against Spain

• United States 90 miles from Cuba
• Always been interested in Cuba

How would the proximity of the US to Cuba effect
interaction between the two countries?
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Cubans Rebel Against Spain

• 1854 Pres Pierce tried to buy Cuba from Spain
• We would rather see Cuba sunk into the ocean
• 1868-1878 Cubans rebelled against Spain
• Lost
• 1886 Spain is forced to abolish slavery.
• Gained American sympathy.
• American business invested in Sugar Cane

What would America gain from helping Cuba?
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Cubans Rebel Against Spain

• Jose Marti (a poet and journalist)
• launches a second war for independence.
• Uses
• guerilla tactics
• deliberately destroys property.
• Hopes the U.S. will help the rebels achieve Cuba
  Libre!
• Free Cuba

Explain how tactics used by Mari would effect the
Spanish desire to fight.
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Jose Marti
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Why would some Americans feel sympathetic to the
rebel cause?
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War Fever Escalates

• Spain attempts to crush the rebellion
• 300,000 rebels into concentration camps.
• Valeriano Weyler
• Thousands died from hunger and disease.

What do you believe Spain was trying to
accomplish by sending Gen Weyler to Cuba?
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Yellow Journalism

• American newspapers attracted readers
• print exaggerated accounts of Spanish actions
• William Randolph Hearst
• Joseph Pulitzer

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Yellow Journalism

• Hearst to a photographer You furnish the
  pictures and Ill furnish the war.

Explain the quote
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Yellow Journalism

• U.S.S. Maine to rescue American citizens from the
  fighting in Cuba.
• February 15, 1898 the U.S.S. Maine explodes,
  killing 260 men.
• Newspapers blame the explosion on Spain.

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War Ends

• After 16 weeks, Spain surrenders.
• The Treaty of Paris gives Cuba, Guam, Puerto
  Rico, and the Philippines to the U.S.
• Filipinos are upset because they were promised
  freedom
• WANTED INDEPENDENCE from US

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Aftermath

• America annexes all of these territories
• America is now an empire, and a major world power.

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The Spanish Brute

• What symbols, images, words, etc. can you spot in
  the picture?
• What do they mean?

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What does the word jingoism mean?
Courtesy of the Red, White, Blue (The Angry
American) Toby Keith American girls and American
guys will always stand up and saluteWill always
recognize, When we see ol' glory flying, There's
a lot of men dead, So we can sleep in peace at
night when we lay down our head.My daddy served
in the army, Where he lost his right eye. But he
flew a flag out in our yard 'til the day that he
died. He wanted my mother, my brother, my sister
and meTo grow up and live happy in the land of
the free.Now this nation that I love has fallen
under attack. A mighty sucker punch came flying
in from somewhere in the back. Soon as we could
see clearly through our big black eye,Man we lit
up your world like the Fourth of July.
Hey Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his
list, And the Statue of Liberty started shaking
her fist. And the eagle will fly, And there's
gonna be Hell, When you hear Mother Freedom start
ringing her bell! It's gonna feel like the whole
wide world is raining down on you... Brought to
you courtesy of the Red, White and Blue!Oh,
Justice will be served and the battle will rage.
This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage,
You'll be sorry that you messed with the US of
A'Cuz we'll put a boot in your ass, It's the
American way.
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Importance

• What event sparks the start of the
  Spanish-American War?
• 1. Americans sympathies toward Cuba want for
  independence.
• 2. The U.S.S. Maine exploding in Havana harbor.
• 3. American businesses wanted trading rights in
  Puerto Rico.
• 4. The Spanish invasion of Florida.

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Closure

• All of the following countries came under some
  form of U.S. control as a result of the
  Spanish-American War except
• 1. Hawaii.
• 2. Cuba.
• 3. Puerto Rico.
• 4. the Philippines.

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Closure

• The Philippines fought the United States just
  after the Spanish-American War because the United
  States
• 1. refused to protect the Philippines in a war
  with Japan.
• 2. would not allow international trade in
  Philippine ports.
• 3. tried to force the Filipinos to accept a
  constitution they did not want.
• 4. had kept the Philippines as a colony, and it
  wanted independence.

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Closure

• Newspaper owner William Randolph Hearsts famous
  quote, You furnish the pictures and Ill furnish
  the war is an example of
• 1. black balling.
• 2. muckraking.
• 3. yellow journalism.
• 4. backstabbing.

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Closure

• One result of the Spanish-American War of 1898 is
  that the United States was
• 1. recognized as a world power.
• 2. committed to isolationism.
• 3. drawn into World War II.
• 4. forced into an economic depression.