Homework Check 5.2

Match the following

• Puerto Rico

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

• independent

• 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.

• Rough Riders

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

• Yellow Journalists

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

• jingoism

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

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.