1. Part 2 Pages 346-351 The Spanish-American War
Chapter 10
Part 2 Pages
The Spanish-American War

2. Terms to know Jose Marti Valeriano Weyler Yellow Journalism
George Dewey
Rough Riders
San Juan Hill
Treaty of Paris

3. Cuba 90 miles South of Florida
President Pierce tried to buy Cuba from Spain
Spain refused
Jose Marti A Cuban Revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain
Several Cuban rebellions

4. Jose Marti Poet, Journalist living in exile in US
Started a final rebellion
Cubans decided to trash the Island hoping the Spanish would loose interest and give up and go home
Instead the Spanish sent General Weyler!

5. General Weyler…The Butcher!
Weyler rounded up all women, children, old folks in Cuba and put them in outdoor concentration camps
Then he told the Cuban men that if they wanted their loved ones to eat, the men had better get busy and rebuild the island

6. American Reaction
Newspapers owned by Pulitzer and Hearst…sensationalized what was going on in Cuba
American businessmen in Cuba wanted the US to get involved on Spain’s side to protect their businesses
Most others sympathized with the Cuban people

7. Yellow Journalism
Hearst to an illustrater headed for Cuba: You supply the pictures, I will supply the war.
The U.S. Sent The Maine to Havanna Harbor to protect American interests there

8. The DeLome Letter
Was sent by a Spanish minister in the U.S. to Spain and called McKinley weak. It was insulting (early in 1898)
The letter was confiscated and handed over to the American press
Americans were insulted and outraged

9. The Maine February 1898 The Maine exploded in Havanna Harbor.
The Press: Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!
Americans called for war

10. Did Spain Do It?
McKinley did not thinks so BUT his party was calling for war.
Teddy Roosevelt was Assistant Sec. of the Navy
He sent George Dewey with an American Fleet to Manila Bay in the Philippines (another Spanish colony)

11. The Rough Riders
Then Teddy Roosevelt resigned as Sec. of the Navy and joined the Rough Riders
The Rough Riders was the first U.S. volunteer cavalry. They were sent to Cuba
The Battle of San Juan Hill…victory for the U. S. and made Teddy Roosevelt a war hero

12. The war was over in 5 months
John Hay (Sec of State for McKinly) called it a splendid little war
Treaty: The Treaty of Paris
U.S. Got Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines
Spain was paid $20 million
Will lead to debate on Imperialism later