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| yellow journalism | This is a sensational style of writing that exaggerates the news to lure readers. |
| Rough Riders | This volunteer cavalry unit fought in a famous land battle in Cuba. |
| José Martí | This Cuban poet and journalist launched a Cuban revolution in 1895. |
| U.S.S. Maine | Soon after this was destroyed, the United States declared war on Spain. |
| Cuba | This nation gained its independence in the Spanish-American War. |
| de Lôme letter | Its criticism of the American president caused American resentment toward Spain to turn to outrage. |
| General Valeriano Weyler | This general forced Cubans to relocate to concentration camps, where thousands of them died. |
| Philippine islands | After the war, the United States paid 20 million dollars to Spain for the annexation of this land. |
| San Juan Hill | Theodore Roosevelt was declared the hero of this, even though he and his units played only a minor role in its capture. |
| George Dewey | He was the naval commander who led the American forces that steamed into Manila Bay and destroyed the Spanish fleet. |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Leader of the Filipinos who supported Dewey in the Philippines. |
| William McKinley | U.S. president who wanted to use diplomacy rather than war to resolve the issues between Cuba and Spain. |
| Teddy Roosevelt | Leader of the Rough Riders who would later become president of the U.S. |
| Treaty of Paris | Meeting between U.S. and Spain in which this was signed at the end of the Spanish-American War. |
| Liliuokalani | Queen of Hawaii that is overthrown in 1893 by the U.S. |
| Imperialism | policy where stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker countries |
| Alfred T. Mahan | U.S. Navy Admiral that urged the U.S. government to build up the Navy |
| William Seward | Secretary of State in 1867 that arranged for the U.S. to purchase Alaska from |
| Pearl Harbor | In 1887, the U.S. pressured Hawaii into allowing a naval base to be built here |
| Sanford B. Dole | he was the head of the temporary govenment established in Hawaii after the overthrow of the Queen |
