Lesson 6.2 | Part 1 - War & Empire

Multiple Choice

Which European country had control over Cuba?

• Spain

• Great Britain

• Portugal

Multiple Choice

Why did Spain put thousands of Cubans in 'detention camps'?

• Spain had recently legalized slavery in their colonies and planned to sell the Cubans.

• To prevent people from helping the Cuban rebels who were attacking Spanish owned properties.

• They wanted the Cuban people to learn to speak English.

Multiple Choice

Why did many Americans support the Cuban rebellion?

• They blamed Spain for attacks on Washington, D.C.

• Americans hated the Spanish for their refusal to sell Florida in the early 1800s.

• They sympathized with their desire for independence & freedom from a colonial power.

Multiple Choice

Why did American newspaper publishers support a possible war with Spain?

• It would help them sell more newspapers

• Spain had denied freedom of the press for years

• Spain had denied multiple American newspaper publishers the right to invest in Spanish newspapers.

Multiple Choice

Why was the USS Maine sent to Cuba?

• To help the Cuban rebels defeat Spain

• To protect Americans citizens and property in the region

• To help the U.S. military take over the island from both Cuban rebels and Spain