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Spanish American War - Widdows

The Spanish American War began in 1898 after the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor. While the cause was unknown, yellow journalism blamed Spain and rallied support for war. The U.S. declared war on Spain in April 1898. The war lasted just over four months, resulting in American victory and Cuba gaining independence, as well as the U.S. acquiring territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. This established America as a new world power.

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Spanish American War - Widdows

The Spanish American War began in 1898 after the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor. While the cause was unknown, yellow journalism blamed Spain and rallied support for war. The U.S. declared war on Spain in April 1898. The war lasted just over four months, resulting in American victory and Cuba gaining independence, as well as the U.S. acquiring territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. This established America as a new world power.

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Spanish American War

Imperialism: a period of time when strong


countries take over weak countries
U.S. Helps Cuba
• The United States trades
with Cuba
• Spain controls Cuba
• Cuba wants
independence from
Spain
• America promises to
support Cuba’s
independence in order to
protect our business
U.S. Helps Cuba
• 1898- President McKinley
is hoping to avoid war
• Extreme journalists call
for war (yellow
journalism)
– Joseph Pulitzer
– William Randolph Hearst
• McKinley sends the USS
Maine- a ship- to Cuba
USS Maine EXPLODES!
• On Feb 15, 1898- the USS Maine blew up!
• No one knows what caused the explosion
• Yellow Journalists blamed Spain
• They called for war!
• On April 20, 1898 the US declared war on Spain
Causes of the War
• USS Maine Explodes.
• Protect American business in Cuba.
• America supports Cuba’s independence from
Spain.
• Yellow Journalists call for war.
The Spanish American War
• War lasts from April to August
1898
• Only 460 Americans die in
battle
• 5,200 Americans die of disease
• Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Theodore Roosevelt has the
Navy battle Spanish ships in
the Philippines and destroy
Spanish fleet in the Pacific
Rough Riders
• Roosevelt volunteers as a
Rough Rider
• The Rough Riders battle
Spain in Puerto Rico
• Theodore Roosevelt
becomes a national hero.
• The US Army defeats Spain
at the Battle of San Juan
Hill in Puerto Rico
• The United States wins the
war in less than 5 months
Outcome of the War
• Cuba gains their
independence
• America becomes a world
power
• Territories (US controls all
3):
– Puerto Rico
– Guam
– The Philippines
After the War
• After the Spanish
American War, America
was a world power
• We held territories in
Puerto Rico, the
Philippines and Guam
• After McKinley is shot in
1901, Roosevelt
becomes president

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