1. Cuban Revolution? Cuba is under Spanish rule
They tried multiple times to fight the Spanish and earn their freedom
Lost each time
Spain put Cubans into camps and many die

2. War Fever
After hearing about Cuba, many Americans wanted to go to war with Spain
Many newspapers exaggerated what was happening in Cuba
Yellow Journalism
Should we have gone to war?

3. “Remember the Maine” More and more people wanted to go to War
McKinley sends the Maine to Cuba to protect American property
After a few weeks, it blows up
Probably and accident
Spanish blamed anyway

4. TR and the Rough Riders TR leads a group known as the Rough Riders
Battle of San Juan Hill
TR: “I waved my hat and we went up the hill with a rush”

5. Splendid War?
Other fighting took place in the Philippines and Puerto Rico
Secretary of State Jon Hay called the War “a splendid little war.”
400 Americans died fighting
Over 2,000 died from disease
What do you think?

7. “Well, I hardly know which to take first”