| A | B |
|---|
| Cuba | island 90 miles off the coast of Florida and was a Spanish colony |
| Spain | imperialist mother country of Cuba and the Philippines |
| Philippines | colony of Spain, place of insurrection that helped lead to the Spanish American War |
| William Randoph Hearst | newspaper publisher who covered the attrocities that were committed by the Spaniards and called for American assistance to end Spanish control in the Western Hemisphere |
| USS Maine | US ship that exploded, blamed on the Spanish, but never proven, rallied the Americans against the Spaniards |
| Yellow Journalism | inflamatory statements that are not based solely on truth |
| Theodore Roosevelt | leader of the Rough Riders, captured Kettle Hill |
| Rough Riders | group of Ivy League students and cowboys led by Teddy Roosevelt |
| Puerto Rico | US received this from Spain and is currently a territory of the US |
| Panama Canal | President after the war, saw the construction of the Panama Canal |
