6.2.a The Spanish American War

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Match

Match the following

• This is a sensational style of writing that exaggerates the news to lure

  readers.

• This volunteer cavalry unit fought in a famous land battle near

  Santiago, Cuba.

• This Cuban poet and journalist launched a Cuban revolution in 1895.

• Soon after this was destroyed, the United States declared war on

  Spain.

• This nation gained its independence in the Spanish-American War.

yellow journalism

Rough Riders

José Martí

U.S.S. Maine

Cuba

• yellow journalism

• Rough Riders

• José Martí

• U.S.S. Maine

• Cuba

Match

Match the following

• Its criticism of the American president caused American resentment

  toward Spain to turn to outrage.

• 7. This general forced Cubans to relocate to concentration camps,

  where thousands of them died.

• After the war, the United States paid 20 million dollars to Spain for

  the annexation of this land.

• Theodore Roosevelt was declared the hero of this, even though he

  and his units played only a minor role in its capture.

• He was the naval commander who led the American forces that

  steamed into Manila Bay and destroyed the Spanish fleet.

de Lôme letter

General Valeriano Weyler

Philippine islands

San Juan Hill

George Dewey

• de Lôme letter

• General Valeriano Weyler

• Philippine islands

• San Juan Hill

• George Dewey

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Cubans launch rebellion against Spanish rulers.

• Americans learn of de Lôme letter.

• Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine stirs war fever in America.

• The United States declares war on Spain.

• U.S. forces arrive in Cuba.

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