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1 Imperialism: The Spanish American War
US History: Spiconardi

2 Underlying Causes Economic Spain increased taxes on Cuba
U.S. placed tariff on Cuban sugar Cuba’s economy suffers Cuban revolutionaries destroy American sugar plantations and mills in Cuba

3 Underlying Causes Humanitarian Spanish military mistreats Cubans
Civilians detained in camps by Gen. Weyler 30% die from disease and starvation

4 Underlying Causes Expansionist
War offered an opportunity to seize territory from Spain, a nation in decline Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s speech to the Senate: What are three specific reasons Lodge provides to justify American involvement? How does Lodge attempt to persuade people to adopt his argument?

5 Immediate Causes Jingoism super patriotism & demand for aggressive actions Yellow Journalism  exaggerated and sensationalized news Competing publishers William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer print stories about atrocities of the Cuban Revolution Often distorted events for garner an emotional response from the American public

6 Immediate Causes What are four (4) arguments the New York World uses to subscribe to their argument?

7 Yellow Journalism Headlines

8 Immediate Causes The DeLôme Letter
A personal letter from Spanish Minister to the United States from published in the New York Journal “Besides the natural and inevitable coarseness with which he repeats al the press and public opinion of Spain has said of Weyler, it shows once more that McKinley is: weak and catering to the rabble, and besides, a low politician, who desires to leave a door open to me and to stand well with the jingoes of his party.”

9 Immediate Causes Sinking of the Maine
US battleship mysteriously explodes and sinks in the harbor of Havana Cuba 266 Americans killed US blames Spain for planting a bomb

10 Results Treaty of Paris
Spain grants Cuba independence US controls Cuban politics and economy US acquires Philippines for $20 million US gains Puerto Rico & Guam Sparks debate: Imperialists vs. Anti-Imperialists Increases American involvement in Latin America

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