A Case of US Imperialism or a Necessary War?. U.S. Interest in Cuba  U.S. had wanted Cuba for a long time  Tried to buy Cuba from Spain  Sugar Cane.

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A Case of US Imperialism or a Necessary War?

U.S. Interest in Cuba  U.S. had wanted Cuba for a long time  Tried to buy Cuba from Spain  Sugar Cane  Sympathy for Cuban Rebels trying to free themselves from Spanish rule.

Yellow Journalism  Sensational media designed to draw in readers by exaggerating the news.  Media leaders – William Randolph Hearst (NY Journal) and Joseph Pulitzer (NY World)  Published articles to increase war fervor against Spain

Yellow Journalism Modern Examples Yellow Journalism Modern Examples

“Yellow Journalism” Joseph Pulitzer William Randolph Hearst Hearst to Frederick Remington: You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war!

Spanish Misrule in Cuba

Valeriano Weyler’s “Reconcentration” Policy

USS Maine Explodes  February 15, 1898 in Havana Harbor  260 men killed  Spain blamed by media (yellow journalism)  Hearst’s paper headline - “The Warship Maine was Split in Two by an Enemy’s Secret Infernal Machine”  Increases war fervor against Spain  “Remember the Maine!”  April 20 – U.S. declared war on Spain

Remember the Maine and to Hell with Spain! Funeral for Maine victims in Havana

Spanish American War  War in the Philippines (April – Aug. 1898)  George Dewey attacks Spanish fleet in Manila (capital of Philippines)  Filipinos join fight against Spain  War in the Caribbean (Cuba)  Rough Riders – U.S. cavalry led by Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood  Gained victories at Kettle and San Juan Hills

 July 25 – U.S. invades Puerto Rico  August 12, 1898 – Cease fire – the “splendid little war” was over.  Actual fighting lasted approximately 16 weeks.  Dec. 10, 1898 – Treaty of Paris officially ends war Spanish American War

The “Rough Riders” Video – Spanish-American WarSpanish-American War

Dewey Captures Manila!

The Treaty of Paris: 1898  Cuba was freed from Spanish rule.  Became US Protectorate  Spain gave up Puerto Rico and the island of Guam to the US  The U. S. paid Spain $20 mil. for the Philippines.  The U. S. becomes an imperial power!