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| What event triggered the American Congress' declaration of war on Spain? | The explosion of the battleship Maine |
| When was the war fought in the Caribbean? | 1898 |
| Where was most of the fighting in the Caribbean? | Cuba |
| What were 4 factors that caused the U.S. to fight with Spain? | SPAM = Special interests, propaganda, almighty American dollar (economics), military readiness |
| What was the propaganda factor? | Yellow journalism and war-mongering by Hearst and Pulitzer to sell papers |
| What was the military readiness factor? | The U.S. had built a modern steel navy and was eager to prove its power |
| What was the American dollar (economic) factor? | U.S. businessmen had money invested in Cuban sugar and tobacco |
| What was the special interest factor? | Cuban exiles from the Ten Years' revolt were living in the U.S. and supplying money and arms to Cuban rebels |
| What 2 cultural attitudes gave Americans a justification for going to war? | Jingoism (extreme nationalism) and the White Man's Burden |
| What was "the white man's burden"? | The responsibility of superior western societies to spread their culture and religion to "backward" native people |
| What foreign policy had characterized America from 1776 to the late 1800s? | isolationism - Do not make foreign alliances that will get American caught up in other countries' wars |
| What was the rallying cry for this war? | "Remember the Maine" |
| What term means to incite people to go to war? | war-mongering |
| What problems did the U.S. Army have in the war? | poor supplies and bad food, black market, logistics, poorly trained officers |
| Who were the Imperialists? | Americans who argued for foreign expansion of trade markets through conquest if necessary |
| Who were the Anti-imperialists? | Americans who argued that conquering another country would force America to deny its most basic political beliefs (freedom, popular sovereignty). |
| What are 5 results of the Spanish-American War? | Territorial gains begin U.S.imperialism, Panama Canal, improved army, U.S. improved relations with Great Britain, unified Americans north and south |
| What was Theodore Roosevelt's famous volunteer cavalry regiment that gained glory in the charge up San Juan Hill? | The Rough Riders |
| Who became an instant naval hero when he commanded "You may fire when ready, Gridley," and reduced the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay? | Commodore George Dewey |
| Who was the able, cultivated Filipino leader who fought the Americans for years in an independence movement? | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| Who was President during the Spanish American War? | William McKinley |
| What is the 5 fingered formula for fighting? | General causes, trigger (specific event), sequence of action including Turning Point, Conclusion (armistice, truce, treaty), results |
| What is Imperialism? | The policy by which stronger nations extend their economic, political or military control over weaker nations ( building an empire) |
| What is Isolationism? | The foreign policy where America will not make alliances with other countries or be involved in the wars between other foreign countries. |
| What new countries/lands did America gain from the Spanish American War? | Puerto Rico, Guam, Wake, Philippines |
| What is a guerrilla war? | A war with hit and run tactics instead of large armies facing each other. |
| What was the importance of Alfred Thayer Mahan's book, The Influence of Sea Power on History? | It encouraged America to build a modern steel navy and seek out foreign ports |
