Spanish American War

Mass media outlets in the late 1800s

• carefully checked the validity of everything they published.

• focused on satire, often prioritizing political cartoons over news stories.

• sensationalized the news by stretching the truth in order to sell more newspapers.

• only reported on domestic affairs, ignoring events going on outside of the United States.

Which of the following newspaper headlines best illustrates the practice of yellow journalism in 1898?

• "266 Killed in USS Maine Accident"

• "USS Maine Sinks in Havana Harbor"

• "USS Maine Destroyed by Spanish Treachery"

• "Investigators Search for Cause of USS Maine Explosion"

What do the islands Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico have in common?

• They were all battle sites during the Spanish-American War.

• They all gained their independence after the Spanish-American War.

• They all became U.S. spheres of influence after the Spanish-American War.

• They were all territories ceded to the United States after the Spanish-American War.

How did the outcome of the Spanish-American War change U.S. foreign policy?

• It shifted U.S. policy toward neutrality.

• It shifted U.S. policy toward imperialism.

• It shifted U.S. policy toward unilateralism.

• It shifted U.S. policy toward noncolonialism.

What initiated Cuba’s rebellion against Spanish rule?

• Spain wanted Cuba to give it more pounds of sugar each year.

• Cuba put José Martí in power, which displeased Spanish rulers.

• Spain abolished slavery in Cuba, which threatened Cuba’s sugar industry.

• Cuba demanded the establishment of a republic after years of Spanish rule.

Many Americans sympathized with the Cuban rebels because they

• believed their Cuban investments would suffer if Spain continued to punish Cuba.

• viewed Cuba’s struggle against Spain as a version of the American Revolution.

• were astounded by the way mass media sources portrayed Spain’s treatment of Cubans.

• wanted to get revenge on Spain for the country’s refusal to cooperate in foreign policy negotiations.

What caused the Battle of Manila Bay to be a decisive U.S. victory?

• The American ships waited in Hong Kong and then launched a surprise attack on the Spanish fleet

• The Spanish ships did not have powerful enough weapons to respond to the American attack.

• The American army outnumbered the Spanish army, so Spain did not stand a chance.

• The Spanish army was exhausted by an earlier attack and did not have the energy to fight back.

Why did the battles of the Spanish-American War begin in the Philippines instead of Cuba?

• Both the United States and Cuba considered the Philippines a neutral “no-man’s land”.

• When the United States declared its support for Cuba, the Philippines allied itself to Spain.

• The United States and Spain both wanted to own the Philippines, and whoever won would have rights to the islands.

• The Philippines represented Spain’s largest remaining colony, and there had been resistance brewing there.

The Rough Riders was a

• volunteer regiment made up of college athletes and western cowboys.

• Navy fleet that was known to sail the seas in a seemingly effortless manner.

• group of Americans who resisted the war effort, believing it was a waste of money.

• coalition of yellow journalists who wrote about the rough conditions in Cuban concentration camps.

Which of the following was NOT a main point of the Treaty of Paris?

• Spain granted independence to Cuba.

• Spain gave up Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States.

• The United States gained control of a group of islands off the coast of Spain.

• The United States gave $20 million to Spain in exchange for the Philippines.