1. The Spanish American War Pgs. 268 – 275
Chapter 7.2
The Spanish American War
Pgs. 268 – 275

2. The Coming of War The Cuban Rebellion Begins
Cubans had wanted Spain out for years
Americans became heavily invested in sugar
Jose Marti launches another try
With some success
Why don’t most teenagers watch/read the news?
What could be done about it?
The Coming of War

3. Cont. America Supports Cuba Hearst vs. Pulitzer
The development of yellow journalism
Also known as making it up
Cubans were being brutalized
American investments were being destroyed
By Cubans!!!
Why would they destroy our stuff?!?
Cont.

4. Cont. Calls For War President McKinley doesn’t want to get involved
Too much money, too many lives
Cuban riots force him to send in the USS Maine
February 15th, 1898 the Maine blows up
Remember the Maine!
Jingoism – aggressive nationalism
We make demands Spain can’t live with
Spain declares war
Cont.

5. A War on Two Fronts The Battle of Manila Bay American Forces in Cuba
See the map
American Forces in Cuba
See the other map
And a short video
And maybe a story
A War on Two Fronts

6. An American Empire The Debate over Annexation
Does the US have the right to claim lands conquered in a war?
Even if the people don’t want us there?
Good reasons to add the Philippines
Stop on the way to China, help “civilize”
Consider the costs
Money, jobs, our own values
In the end
Can’t give them back, can’t give them to another, can’t let them go, we have to annex them
An American Empire

7. Cont. The Platt Amendment
If Cuba is independent, can we still imperialize them?
Cuba can’t make treaties
The US gets naval bases in Cuba
Cuba can’t borrow much money
The US can always “intervene”
Is Cuba really independent?
Cont.

8. Cont. Governing Puerto Rico
For a while they are like a mini-territory of non-Americans
Over time they become more “American”
Still not a state though!
Cont.

9. Cont. Rebellion in the Philippines
If, at the end of the American Revolution, the French refused to leave and claimed the US as their own; what do you think we would have done?
This is exactly how the Filipinos felt.
We acted just like the Spanish
Certainly we did good but the Philippines wasn’t independent until 1946, after WWII
Cont.