1. At War With Spain www.spanamwar.com/ "USS Maine Blowing UP
in Havana Harbor  on 15 February 1898" -Navy Art Collection - Artist Unknown

2. I. People to Know: 1. George Dewey- -Defeated Spanish
fleet in Philippines
2. William C. Gorgas-
-Reduced Typhoid
and Yellow fever
in Cuba

3. 3. William McKinley- -President (1898-1901) who urged Congress
3. William McKinley-
-President ( )
who urged Congress
to take action
against Spain
4. Walter Reed-
-Discovered cause
of Yellow Fever

4. 5. Theodore Roosevelt- Legend Rough Rider President -Secretary of Navy
-Ordered Pacific Fleet to prepare
for War with Spain in Philippines
Legend
Rough Rider
President

5. War with Spain Reasons for War 1. Interest in Cuba
a. 90 miles from Fla.
b. Sugar resources
c. Monroe Doctrine
2. Sympathy for
“suffering Cubans”
3. Yellow Press
-False stories of
ill treatment by
Spanish
4. Two Incidents
a. de Lome Letter
b. Sinking of Maine
Reasons Against War
1. Cost of American Lives
2. Financial Burden
3. We have our own problems here in the U.S.A.
4. Hypocritical:
“We fight imperial
powers yet we
become one
ourselves”

6. Questions 1.Why did the U.S. go to war with Spain?
2. What were the results of the Spanish American War?