A | B |
William Randolph Hearst | Newspaper Man - New York Journal |
USS Maine | ship that exploded in the Havana Harbor |
Commodore George Dewey | defeated Spanish in the Philippine Islands |
Teller Amendment/Resolution | A promise to let Cuba be self-governed after the War |
de Lome letter | insulted the president |
senstionalism | Newspapers embellish stories in order to sell papers |
Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines | Ceded to US after the war |
$20 million | amount US paid to Spain after the war |
1898 | Year war took place |
4 months | about how long the war lasted |
John Pershing | proud that all races where fighting together as Americans |
ultimatums to Spain | stop fighting, give Cuba independence, abolish concentration camps |
Rough Riders | 1st volunteer calvary |
Theodore Roosevelt | Rough Rider leader at San Juan Hill |
Spanish brutality to the Cubans | cause of the war |
US business interests | cause of the war |
USS Maine & de Lome letter | cause of the war |
William McKinley | president during the war |
Philippine - Amrican War | effect of the war |
Platt Amendment | gave US power in Cuba |