Worksheets10-2 Spanish American War
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
False and exaggerated news stories that helped spark the Spanish American war were known as:
Imperialism
Yellow Journalism
Muckrakers
Tabloids
This event was the most immediate cause of the Spanish American War:
The sinking of the USS Maine
The election of Francisco Franco
Yellow Journalism
The Cuban Revolution
What were Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst well known pioneers of?
publishing news journals aimed at the upper social classes in America
producing weekly journals focused on world news
engaging in a style of publishing called "yellow journalism"
working with missionaries to spread Christianity in Africa
Spain wanted to turn Cuba into a sugar cane colony
Who set up concentration camps in Cuba to put down the Cuban insurrection (uprising)?
William McKinley
Teddy Roosevelt
"Butcher" Weyler
Jose Marti
American anger grew after the release of a letter written by the Spanish Minister to the U.S. that insulted president McKinley. What was it called?
de Lome Letter
Open Door Notes
Roosevelt Corollary
Letters from Birmingham
ALL of the following are true of the Spanish American War EXCEPT which one?
It was a relatively short war and was nicknamed the "Splendid Little War."
It was settled by the Treaty of Paris (1898).
General George Dewey led the Rough Riders at the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba.
Spain turned over Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States due to the treaty provisions.
