Chapter 25, Section 2• Objective: Describe the reasons

for and the effects of the Spanish-American War.

• I. Rebellion against Spain

• A. 1890’s Cuba and the Philippines revolted against Spanish rule

Valeriano Weyler• B. General

Valeriano Weyler was sent to put down the revolt in Cuba - his methods were very harsh.

C. Role of American newspapers

• 1. Newspapers were battling for readers.

• 2. Sensational stories about Cuban Rebellion - “Yellow Journalism”

• (Pulitzer is to the left)

Newspaper battles

• 3. Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst

II. America Goes to War• A. President McKinley did not

want to go to war - he was in the Civil War

• B. On Feb. 9, 1898, Hearst’s newspaper published a letter in which a Spanish official called McKinley “weak”

U.S. goes to war (cont.)

• C. U.S. battleship Maine blew up in Havana Harbor and 260 Americans were killed- Spain was blamed

• D. War was declared on April 20, 1898

U.S.S. Maine (before and after)

III. Pacific War

• A. U.S. fleet was commanded by George Dewey

Pacific War (cont.)

• B. May 1, 1898 - U.S. destroyed Spanish fleet in Manila - total U.S. victory

Battle of Manila Bay

IV. War in the Caribbean• A. July 1, 1898 -

Theodore Roosevelt and his “Rough Riders” take San Juan Hill near Santiago, Cuba. African-American troops also played key role

B. On Aug. 12, 1898, a truce was signed

V. Results of the War

• A. U.S. took Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, and the Philippines

• B. Cuba agreed to the Platt Amendment - it allowed the U.S. to interfere in Cuba

Results of War (cont.)

• C. Puerto Rico and Guam became U.S. territories

• D. Philippines became a colony - U.S. fought uprising until 1902

VI. Anti-Imperialist League - Some people, including Mark Twain and other famous people, were against taking new lands, but they were in a minority

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