Spanish American War

Open Ended

Read the newspaper headline on the sinking of the USS Maine. What do you think would be the reaction to a headline like this in the early 1900's? (Outrage, animosity,why?)

Multiple Choice

What ship exploded and forced the U.S. to go to war against Spain for Cuban independence?

• USS Maryland

• USS Mexico

• USS Maine

• USS Manhattan

Multiple Choice

How did newspaper headlines like this help start the Spanish-American war?

• They created a fear of war.
• They only reached those that could read.
• They created a desire to go to war.
• They accurately informed the news of the world.

Multiple Choice

How much did the United States pay Spain for the Philippine Islands?

• $20

• $200

• $20,000,000

• $200,000

Multiple Select

Reasons for the Spanish American War? (pick three)

• Yellow Journalism

• Failure of the U.S. government

• Sinking of the U.S.S Maine.

• To protect businesses interests in Cuba

Multiple Choice

What was the importance of gaining Guam and the Philippines as a territory?

• they were key aquisitions in the Atlantic

• they gave the US naval bases and trading ports in the Pacific

• they were both owned by Japan

• they were located near the Panama Canal

Multiple Choice

By winning the Spanish-American War, the US became a

• communist country

• World Power

• poor country

• World Banking country

Match

Match each picture with the correct word or concept below.

Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

Yellow Journalism

US Imperialism

War for the Philippines

• Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

• Yellow Journalism

• US Imperialism

• War for the Philippines