Beginning of the American Empire

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Unit 1 & 2 Quiz

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August 28th/29th

​Station 1

The Spanish American War Animated Video

Multiple Select

What did the Platt Amendment say? (select all that apply)

• Cuba had to sell land to build the naval base (Guantonamo Bay)

• The U.S. could send the military in to keep things in order

• Cuba became a U.S. state

• Cuba could trade freely with the U.S.

Multiple Choice

At the end of the Spanish American War, the United States gained which 3 territories? 

• Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain
• Spain, Cuba, Guam
• Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia
• Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico

Multiple Choice

The United States defeated which former mighty empire in the Spanish American War?

• England
• France
• Spain
• Russia

Multiple Choice

The United States gained large territories from SPAIN during the Spanish American War. Who was the president during this time?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William McKinley
• Barack Obama

Multiple Choice

What became the rallying cry for people that wanted a war with Spain in Cuba?

• "Fight, Fight, Fight!"

• "Remember the Maine!"

• "Remember the Titanic!"

• "Beat Spain!"

​Station 2

​FREE CUBA!!

Britannica

In order to deprive the revolutionaries of the rural support on which they depended, Weyler instituted a brutal program of “reconcentration,” forcing hundreds of thousands of Cubans into camps in the towns and cities, where they died of starvation and disease by the tens of thousands. " 

​https://youtube.com/shorts/P0B_X6MZw9Y?si=4uJwBTJTHUiajjyl

Multiple Choice

______________ is a name for false or exaggerated reporting.

• Red-top
• Government
• Newspaper lying
• Yellow Journalism

Multiple Choice

What happened to the United States after the Spanish-American War?

• The United States joined forces with Cuba and controlled all of the island countries in the Caribbean.

• The United States began a war with Mexico.

• The United States became a world power.

• The United States began a war with Canada.