| A | B |
|---|
| General Weyler | "the butcher"; Spanish general sent to Cuba to put down rebellion |
| Reconcentration Camps | prisons in Cuban cities used to round up Cuban people to cut rebels off from aid/supplies/new soldiers; unsanitary, starvation |
| Imperialism | deliberately taking over new lands/people for purposes of expansion, natural resources, power; from perspective of the conquered |
| Expansionism | expanding one's national borders; often from the perspective of the conquering party |
| President William McKinley | U.S. president during Spanish-American War; assassinated |
| Theodore Roosevelt | fought as Rough Rider in Spanish-American War; later became U.S. president |
| USS Maine | U.S. battleship stationed in Havana harbor (Cuba); sinking of this ship started Spanish-American War |
| Yellow Journalism | exaggerated or fabricated (made up) reporting for purpose of selling more papers |
| Spanish-American War | when the U.S. fought the Spanish Empire for Cuban independence and control of Spain's colonies |
| Internationalism | World Police |
| Isolationism | Loner |
| Collective Security | Team Player |
