The Spanish American War

War with Spain

What technique did newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst use to compete for readers who were following Cuban rebels fight for independence from Spain?

• yellow journalism

• spheres of influence

• isolationism

• imperialism

War with Spain

Vivid stories about Spanish brutality in Cuba convinced many Americans that the U.S. military should support Puerto Rican rebels.

• True

• False

War with Spain

President Grover Cleveland supported U.S. involvement in Cuba because there was growing support for military action.

• True

• False

War with Spain

William McKinley, who later became president, was opposed to Cuban independence.

• True

• False

War with Spain

The explosion of the USS Maine was an act of terrorism by Spain.

• True

• False

War with Spain

On April 20 1898 Congress issued a resolution declaring Cuba independent and demanding that Spain leave the island within three days. Why did Congress also issue the Teller Amendment?

• It stated that the United States had an interest in taking control of Cuba.

• It stated that the United States had an interest in taking control of Spain.

• It stated that the United States had no interest in taking control of Cuba.

• It stated that the United States had no interest in taking control of Spain.

War in the Philippines

Identify the major leaders who helped defeat Spanish rule in the Philippines .

• William McKinley

• Grover Cleveland

• George Dewey

• Emilio Aguinaldo

War in the Caribbean

New volunteers into the U.S. army helped the U.S. to be well prepared to fight the war with Spain in Cuba.

• True

• False

War in the Caribbean

Theodore Roosevelt was the main commander of the Rough Riders, a group of soldiers who fought in Cuba.

• True

• False

War in the Caribbean

Landing on June 22, 1898, the U.S. troops captured the hills around the main Spanish forces at Santiago.

• True

• False