1. The Spanish American War
1898

2. President McKinley, What will you do?
Read your background information.
Cabinet officers and advisors, hold a meeting with the POTUS. Advise him as to your view on the situation.
When the president has taken into consideration all perspectives; he must make a decision.
Bring your Action sheet to me!
Discuss the consequences of your actions and make a new decision.

3. The Spanish American War, 1898
Directions: Use the resources linked below to complete the graphic organizer on the next slide. Use your own paper and write a brief summary for the causes. You simply need to fill in the blanks for the effects of the Spanish American War.
1. What factors contributed to the outbreak of the Spanish American War?
PBS Video
2. What were the major events/personalities involved in the Spanish American War?
History.com
3. What were the results of the Spanish American War?
Library of Congress

5. Who Sunk the USS Maine?
Remember the Maine

6. People
Commodore Dewey
Emilio Aguinaldo
William McKinley

7. Theodore Roosevelt

8. Major Events/People of the War
Examine any of the following events or people of interest.
USS Maine
Yellow Journalism
Cuba’s Struggle for Independene
Battle of Manila Bay
Battle of San Juan Hill
Buffalo Soldiers
Rough Riders

9. Effects of a “Splendid Little War”
Lasted only a few months
Spain surrendered to the United States
Treaty of Paris
Cuba gains independence
Must add Platt Amendment to constitution
We paid Spain 20 million
We get Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines
FYI Philippines begin a revolt against new colonial power- The United States- ends in 1901

10. What is the Legacy of the Spanish American War?