Part 3 Social Studies

Toward the end of the 19th century, Cuba was still a colony of __.

• Spain

• United States

• Philippines

• Mexico

The US blamed Spain for blowing up and sinking its warship, the ___, while it was docked in Cuba.

• USS Maine
• USS Constitution
• USS Arizona
• USS Titanic

Why did the US declare war against Spain?

• The US blamed Spain for blowing up and sinking its warship, USS Maine.

• The US was fighting for the independence of the Philippines.

• The US blamed Spain for blowing up their sugar farms in Cuba.

Why did the US send one of its battleships, the USS Maine, to Cuba?

• To protect its interests in the sugar industry of Cuba.

• To protect the citizens of Cuba.

• To guard the sea of Cuba.

The USS Maine was docked in ___ when it was bombed and sunk.

• Havana Harbor

• Cuba Harbor

• Mexican Gulf

What were the two reasons why the United States was mad at Spain?

• The USS Maine was bombed and sunk in the Havana Harbor.

• Spain continued to curtail Cuba's patriotic movement.

• Spain attacked the cities of the United States.

• Spain bombed Pearl Harbor.

Who was the US Undersecretary of War who gave instructions to Commodore George Dewey to sail to Hong Kong? He also had in mind to destroy the Spanish fleet in Manila.

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Pedro Paterno

• George Washington

• Governor Carlos Maria dela Torre

Before the end of April 1898, the __ war was formally launched.

• Filipino-American War

• Spanish-American War

• Spanish-Filipino War

• Spanish-Cuban War

With the breakout of the Spanish-American War, who was the US Commodore who dispatched six battle ships from Hong Kong to the Philippines?

• George Dewey

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Andres Bonifacio

• Thomas Jefferson

On May 1, 1898, US Commodore George Dewey launched the __.

• Battle of Cuba

• Battle of Manila Bay

• Battle of Hong Kong