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Spanish American War (part 1)

Authored by Amy Robbins

Social Studies

7th - 8th Grade

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Spanish American War (part 1)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In 1898, false and exaggerated news stories that helped spark US involvement in the Spanish American War were known as:

Imperialism

Yellow Journalism

Muckrakers

Fake News

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This was the most immediate and important cause for the US to declare war on Spain in 1898.

The sinking of the USS Maine

Actions of General Vladerao Weyler

Yellow Journalism

The Cuban Revolution

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What does this political cartoon BEST represent? (the character in the middle is labeled "England")

Exploration

Imperialism

Diplomacy

Big Stick Policy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst owned newspaper companies in New York City. They competed against each other for customers and profits. To do so, they ________________________.

publishing news journals aimed at the upper wealthy social classes in America

producing weekly journals focused on world news

used an engaging style of publishing called "yellow journalism".

were careful to only report the facts - if it wasn't provable, they didn't print it

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Yellow journalists created support for the Spanish-American War by writing articles about which of the following?

political popularity of President William McKinley’s decisions

efforts of the United States to control Mexico

destruction of United States sugar plantations by Hawaiians

sinking of the United States battleship Maine in Havana Harbor

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the cause of the conflict between Cuba and Spain?

Cuba wanted to enslave Spain

Spain wanted to convert the Cuban government to communism

Spain wanted to turn Cuba into a sugar cane colony

Cuba wanted independence from Spain

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following years is associated with the Spanish American War?

1896

1897

1898

1899

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