Spanish-American War and Panama Canal

The Spanish-American War took place in

• Cuba

• Spain

• America

• Panama

Many people in the United States were angered by Spain’s treatment of

• soldiers

• Cuban people

• canals

• Panama

Americans were upset because businesses owned by Americans were being

• rebuilt

• seized

• destroyed

• taken care of

In January 1898, President McKinley sent the battleship ____________ to the harbor of Cuba.

• USS Maine

• USS Michigan

• USS Maryland

• USS Minnesota

The battleship’s goal was to

• protect the lives & property of Americans

• protect Cuba

• fight Panama

• fight Cuba

Several newspapers reported that ______________ had caused the explosion of the Maine.

• Cuba

• Spain

• America

• rebels

False or exaggerated reporting by a newspaper is called

• journalism

• yellow spines

• yellow journalism

• none of the above

As a result of the war, the US gained control of

• no one

• China and Canada

• Spain

• Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines

An ___________ is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas.

• isthmus

• canal

• estuary

• delta

Why did the US support Panama’s revolt against Columbia?

• Because the US was upset that Columbia was responsible for blowing up the USS Maine.

• Because the US wanted to control Panama

• Because Columbia rejected the United States offer to buy the isthmus

• Because Panama wanted the isthmus to become a US state.