Spanish American War

Territories gained as a result of the Spanish-American war include Puerto Rico, Guam and-

• Cuba

• Spain

• Philippines

Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders had an important victory in Cuba at-

• Pebble Beech

• San Juan Hill

• Normandy

• Havana Harbor

What ship had a huge explosion that killed 260 Americans?

• The Magic
• The Titanic
• The Lusitania
• The USS Maine

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 can colony
• Cuba wanted independence from Spain 

What was the name of volunteer soldiers?

• Woodrow Wilson
• Buffalo soldiers
• Franz Ferdinand
• Rough riders

What term describes building an empire by conquering other nations?

• Isolationism
• Repubicanism
• Militarism
• Imperialism

Which event helped lead the United States into war with Spain?

• A Spanish sneak attack on Hawaii

• The sinking of the U.S.S. Montana

• The sinking of the U.S.S. Maine

• Trade disagreements between Spain and the United States

Yellow Journalism is

• A type of investigative journalism that focuses on government, big business or social issues

• The name of a popular dime store novel

• A book about the disgusting conditions of slaughter houses

• A type of journalism that rarely relies on facts and is prone to exaggeration

The president of the United States during the Spanish American War was

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Howard Taft

• William McKinley

• Donald Trump

**(2 answers) Americans were sympathetic to the Cuban Rebels' cause because of the following causes

• It reminded Americans of their own struggle for independence

• The Spanish weren't as good as the Cubans at using the media of the time.

• The Spanish had put Cubans into reconcentration camps which lead to many deaths

• The Cuban Rebels would give American businesses better deals on sugar than the Spanish