Lesson #20: The Spanish American War

Open Ended

Consider this question: When is it appropriate for the United States to send soldiers to fight and face death on foreign soil? Choose up to three of the following reasons. Explain each of your choices in a sentence or two.

• to assist an ally of the United States

• to protect territory that is close to U.S. borders

• to stop human rights abuses

• to acquire resources

• to gain power

• to acquire territory

• to improve national security

• to spread or protect American values and moral beliefs

• to fight against tyrannical governments

• under no circumstances is it ever appropriate

• other (explain)

Open Ended

Who was the Yellow Kid? How did he contribute to the “newspaper war” between Hearst and Pulitzer?

Multiple Select

Why were some Americans concerned about the trouble in Cuba?

• The federal government wanted to annex Cuba.

• They sympathized with the rebellion because it resembled the American Revolution.

• Newspapers wanted to get more readers by reporting about it.

• Americans had investments in Cuban sugar plantations.

Multiple Select

Which of the following events contributed to the United States going to war with Spain?

• Americans were offended by the de lome letter.

• Newspapers blamed Spain for the sinking of the USS Maine.

• The Cuban people were suffering and the United States wanted to free them.

• Americans were angry that General Weyler was removed.

Multiple Choice

According to the map. Where was the Spanish-American War fought?

• Cuba & The Philippines

• Cuba & Spain

• Spain & The United States

• The Philippines & Spain

Dropdown

The first battle in the Spanish-American War took place in ​

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, as ​

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led the resistance against their Spanish occupiers. In ​

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, the U.S. army brought in many troops and some were African American. ​

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led a volunteer cavalry known as the ​

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. Though the war was quick, the United States faced many difficulties, but eventually won its first overseas war.

Multiple Select

According to the map presented. What territories did the U.S. gain at the end of the Spanish-American War.

• Puerto Rico

• Guam

• Philippines

• Cuba

Match

Match how each group of people felt about the United States' rule of Cuba and burgeoning colonial empire.

• Forming an empire violated America's founding ideals.

• The United States had to stay in Cuba to rebuild it.

• Cuba is an economic resource to invest in.

• Resentful that the U.S. occupation continued despite the Platt Amendment.

Anti-Imperialists

President McKinley

American Investors

Cubans

• Anti-Imperialists

• President McKinley

• American Investors

• Cubans

Match

Match the following

• a volunteer cavalry regiment recruited by Theodore Roosevelt to fight in Cuba in the Spanish-American War

• a battleship sunk in Havana harbor in 1898, an event that helped rouse public support for war with Spain

• the exaggerated style of newspaper reporting during the 1890s that was sparked by the rivalry between two New York City newspapers and helped inflame public support for war with Spain

Rough Riders

USS Maine

yellow journalism

• Rough Riders

• USS Maine

• yellow journalism

Match

Match the following

• an organization formed during the Spanish-American War to oppose the establishment of U.S. colonies

• provisions in the Cuban constitution, added as a condition for the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 1902, allowing the United States to intervene in Cuban affairs and to buy or lease land for naval bases

• the key battle in Cuba during the Spanish-American War

Anti-Imperialist League

Platt Amendment

San Juan Hill

• Anti-Imperialist League

• Platt Amendment

• San Juan Hill