The Spanish American War

Spanish Conflict

• Spain is still in control of Cuba by the end of the 1800’s

• Americans begin to become sympathetic to Cubans who suffer under Spanish rule

Jose’ Marti

• Cuban poet and journalists who launched a revolution in Cuba

Jingoism

• Used to describe competitive feelings nations had toward each other during the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Yellow Journalism

• The use of sensationalized and exaggerated stories reported by newspapers or magazines to attract readers

William Randolph Hearst

• Pioneer of Yellow Journalism

• Said of the Cuban Revolution, “You provide the pictures, I’ll provide the war”

De Lome Letter

• Letter criticized President William McKinley as being “weak”

• Letter seized by New York journalist and published

• Sparked anti-Spanish sentiment in the U.S.

The U.S.S. Maine

• U.S. warship that mysteriously sunk in Havana Harbor in 1898

• U.S. newspapers blamed Spain for the sinking

• Led to the U.S. declaring war on Spain

The U.S.S. Maine

“Splendid Little War”

• Nickname given to the Spanish-American war

• Given the nickname because it only lasted four months

Causes of the War

• Sinking of the USS Maine

• De Lome Letter

• Yellow Journalism

George Dewey

• American navy commander who seized the Philippines during the Spanish American War

Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

• Roosevelt leads a volunteer regiment to serve in Cuba during the Spanish-American War

• Won battles in Cuba, most famous was at San Juan Hill

Treaty of Paris, 1898

• Treaty that ends the Spanish-American War

• Cuba is freed• Spain turns over the islands of

Guam and Puerto Rico to the U.S.• Spain sells the Philippines to the

U.S. for $20 million• U.S. is now a world power