| A | B |
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| Manifest Destiny | The overseas expansion of the US |
| Most Important Cuban crop? | Sugar Cane |
| What was the "Maine"? | The warship sent to evacuate Americans from Cuba that was mysteriously detroyed. |
| Jose Marti | The Cuban political activist who fought and died for the freedom of Cuba - "Cuba Libre!" |
| General Weyler | Cruel Spanish General sent to Cuba to crush the revolution |
| Yellow Journalism | Sensational journalism which exaggerates the news to enrage the readers. |
| Main cause of American deaths in Cuba? | Disease (caused most deaths in Cuba) |
| Countries colonized by US after the Spanish War? | Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines |
| Battle of Santiago de Cuba? | The naval battle that resulted in the destruction of the Spanish fleet in Cuba |
| Teller Amendment | A document that stated the US had no intention of taking over Cuba |
| Platt Amendment | The US provision in the Cuban constituition that made them a "protectorate". No signing of Treaties, no debt and the US could intervene in Cuba and maintain military bases there. |
| Battle of Manila Bay | The naval battle (Commodore George Dewey) that resulted in the destruction of the Spanish fleet in the Philippines |
| Filipino views on American Annexation | Vowed to fight the US for their freedom. |
| Rudyard Kipling | Wrote "White Man's Burden" |
| White Man's Burden | A poem that celebrated the US aquiring the Philippines |
| Emiliano Aguinaldo | The Philippino freedom fighter who fought against the US. |
| Monroe Doctrine | The US policy (1823) to prevent European powers colonizing the Americas |
