Homework Check 5.2

Match the following

• Puerto Rico

• Reporters who published sensationalized stories about Spanish aristocracies were called _______________.

• independent

• As tensions were building against the Spanish in Cuba, President McKinley was faced with strong ____________, or aggressive nationalism, within the Republican Party.

• Rough Riders

• Congress passed the Foraker Act in 1900, establishing a civil government for ________________.

• jingoism

• The "____________________." a volunteer cavalry unit made up of cowboys, miners, and law officers, played an important role the battle for Cuba.

• Yellow Journalists

• On April 19, 1898, Congress declared Cuba _____________ and demanded that Spain withdraw from the island, five days later, Spain declared war on the United States.

In 1898 President William McKinley sent the American battleship USS Maine to Havana to

• evacuate Americans if necessary.

• put down the Cuban rebellion.

• put down riots by Spanish loyalists.

• negotiate peace with Spain.

When the Maine exploded, whom did many Americans hold responsible?

• Japan

• the Philippines

• Cuba

• Spain

On April 11, 1898, President McKinley asked Congress to authorize the use of force to end the conflict in

• the Philippines.

• Columbia.

• Cuba.

• Mexico.

Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, Cuba became an independent nation, the United States agreed to pay Spain $20 million for the Philippines, and the United States acquired Puerto Rico and

• the Bahamas.

• Panama.

• Hawaii.

• Guam.

The Platt Amendment effectively made Cuba into an American

• protectorate.

• state.

• territory.

• colony.