1. Copy the “U.S. Policies for Overseas Expansion” and “Effects” portions of this
graphic organizer into your notes (quickly).

2. Causes of the
Spanish-American
War

3. 2. Copy this description of yellow journalism in your notes.
“Yellow journalism” – or exaggerated, sensationalized reporting – put forth stories about how Spain was mistreating the Cuban people
(it owned Cuba). Cubans rebelled and its people were treated harshly (put in concentration camps, among other things).

4. 3. Copy this description of one of the causes of the Spanish-American War,
which was the Cuba’s revolution against Spanish rule.
In 1895, Cubans declared their independence from Spain; To put down the revolution, Spain used brutal tactics (like starvation)

6. Newspaper Story Image About A U.S. Senator’s Visit to Cuba
4. Look at the images on this slide, as well as the next two slides.
a. Write down what you see.
b. Write down what your reaction is to these images.
c. Draw the image (below left) in your notes. You might not be an artist, but
just do your best.
Newspaper Story Image About A U.S. Senator’s Visit to Cuba
What are your thoughts?

7. Cuban Civilians in a Spanish
Concentration Camp
What are your thoughts?

8. Cuban Concentration Camp Victims
What are your thoughts?

9. 5. Answer the following question.
If the U.S. got involved in a war with Spain because of images like these, would it be getting involved for reasons based upon realism or idealism? Explain.

10. 1898 The Maine explodes from www.history.com
A massive explosion of unknown origin sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbor, killing 260 of the fewer than 400 American crew members aboard.
One of the first American battleships, the Maine weighed more than 6,000 tons and was built at a cost of more than $2 million. Ostensibly on a friendly visit, the Maine had been sent to Cuba to protect the interests of Americans there after a rebellion against Spanish rule broke out in Havana in January.
An official U.S. Naval Court of Inquiry ruled in March that the ship was blown up by a mine, without directly placing the blame on Spain. Much of Congress and a majority of the American public expressed little doubt that Spain was responsible and called for a declaration of war.

11. An image portraying the explosion Of the Battleship Maine.

12. 6. Identify & explain the symbolism contained within this political cartoon.
A yellow journalist’s portrayal of Spain after the explosion of the Maine.

13. A yellow journalistic newspaper’s headline
after the explosion of the Maine.

14. A yellow journalistic newspaper’s headline
after the explosion of the Maine.

15. 7. Respond to the following question in your notes.
If the U.S. got involved in a war with Spain ONLY because of these images and rumors, would it be getting involved for reasons based upon realism or idealism? Explain.
8. Write down how the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine caused
Americans to want to go to war with Spain.

16. Read the following information about the war and its results
Read the following information about the war and its results. Do the following in your
notes:
a) identify the name of the treaty that ended the war;
b) identify what the treaty did for the U.S.;
c) record the information regarding the true cause of the U.S.S. Maine’s explosion.
Subsequent diplomatic failures to resolve the Maine matter, coupled with United States indignation over Spain’s brutal suppression of the Cuban rebellion and continued losses to American investment, led to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in April 1898.
Within three months, the United States had decisively defeated Spanish forces on land and sea, and in August an armistice halted the fighting. On December 12, 1898, the Treaty of Paris was signed between the United States and Spain, officially ending the Spanish-American War and granting the United States its first overseas empire with the ceding (handing over) of such former Spanish possessions as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
In 1976, a team of American naval investigators concluded that the U.S.S. Maine’s explosion was likely caused by a fire that ignited its ammunition stocks, NOT by a Spanish mine or act of sabotage.

17. Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
The U.S. easily won the Spanish-American War to free Cuba and the Philippines from Spain
Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

18. Map showing the location of major battles of the Spanish-American War,
as well as the location of Spanish-held colonies before 1898.

19. As a result of the Spanish-American War, Cuba was liberated and the USA annexed the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico

20. Copy this graphic organizer
into your notes.
- You will need to know
the order of some of
these events on a quiz.

21. U.S. Imperialism: PHILIPPINES
When the Philippines were annexed and not granted independence, the Filipino War began in 1899
The Filipino-American War lasted 3 years and cost more American lives than the Spanish-American War

22. The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902
11. Read the following information and record basic information about the
war in your notes.
The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902
After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris. On February 4, 1899, just two days before the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty, fighting broke out between American forces and Filipino nationalists led by Emilio Aguinaldo who sought independence rather than a change in colonial rulers. The war that followed (the Philippine-American War) lasted three years and resulted in the death of over 4,200 American and over 20,000 Filipino combatants. As many as 200,000 Filipino civilians died from violence, famine, and disease.
- Source:
12. What do you think of this war? These statistics? Was the U.S. moving
closer to, or further from, its founding ideals? Explain.

23. 13. Copy only the information about the Panama Canal and Big Stick Diplomacy.

25. Notice how China had been “carved-up” into
“spheres of influence” by both European and Asian nations.
What would be left for the United States?

28. U.S. Imperialism: CHINA
By the 1890s, European imperial powers carved China into spheres of influence, giving them exclusive trade rights in Chinese ports
In 1899, the USA declared an Open Door Policy in China to allow free trade by any nation in any port

32. “Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far”
When Theodore Roosevelt became president, he used Big Stick Diplomacy to develop an active foreign policy with a strong navy to accomplish goals
“Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far”
—TR’s favorite proverb

33. Theodore Roosevelt and the Roosevelt Corollary
TR added the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, giving the USA “police powers” to protect Latin America from European imperialism

34. The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904

35. U.S. Imperialism: PANAMA CANAL
One of TR’s top objectives was to build a canal in Panama to help U.S. naval and commercial ships
But, the gov’t of Colombia rejected the U.S. offer to build a canal in Panama so TR encouraged Panama to break from Colombia

36. With U.S. help, Panama gained its independence from Colombia in 1903 and the new government agreed to allow the U.S. to build the canal

37. In 1914, the Panama Canal was finished and controlled by the United States

43. Teacher Reflections/Notes
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