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2. Details: Read & Notes Ch 10 S 2 _____________ #33 Ch 10 S 2
Describe the Spanish-American War and U.S. expansion in the South Pacific.

3. Chapter 10: America Claims an Empire Section 2: The Spanish-American-Cuban War

4. Review Last section (Ch 10 S 1) we: Discussed Imperialism
A policy in which larger countries took advantage of smaller countries/territories for military or economic purposes
Identified the three factors of American imperialism
Economic- More markets  more people  more $$$
Military- Navy outposts, refueling areas, protecting land
Racial Superiority of Anglo Saxons- Changing cultures

5. Review Discussed the acquisition of Hawaii
Interest in land, missionaries, plantations, sugar tariff
American Sugar Plantation Owners’ take over of government.
Deposed the Queen and took Hawaii as territory

6. Objectives:
Following lecture and reading of this section, students will be able to:
Complete a cause/events/effects chart about the Spanish-American War

7. Chart of Spanish-American War
Causes Events of War Effects/Results

8. Causes
Cubans are rebelling against the Spanish for the second time to gain their independence.
United States business interests in Sugar are effected by the rebellion.
Rebels are destroying U.S. owned mills and plantations to try to get the U.S. to act
U.S. public opinion is split:
Business groups favor the Spanish because they want property protected
Others recall the American fight for independence against Britain

9. Causes 3 main causes force a war to occur:
Spain sends Valeriano Weyler to stop the rebellion
He puts Cubans in concentration camps
U.S. reporters report the actions and public opinion.
Neither the U.S. or Spain want to go to war.
U.S. government asks Spain to remove Weyler, and they do
3 main causes force a war to occur:
Yellow Journalism
The de Lome Letter
The Explosion on the U.S.S. Maine

10. CFU Why did some Americans have a strong economic interest in Cuba?
Invested in Sugar plantations, worried about losing land and tariffs
Why did some Americans support Spanish control of Cuba, while others sympathized with the rebels?
Business people support Spain to protect their property while others saw the American revolution in what Cuba was doing

11. Yellow Journalism Hearst and Pulitzer want to sell papers
They sensationalize stories
Artist, Fredric Remington, sent to draw pictures of reporters stories
Hearst, “You furnish the pictures and I will furnish the war!”

12. The de Lome Letter
Spanish Minister to the U.S. Enrique de Lome writes a letter that is intercepted in the Havana post office
Letter insults president McKinley
Hearst’s paper prints letter
U.S. is upset
Letter says McKinley is “weak” and “a bidder for the admiration of the crowd.”

13. Explosion of U.S.S. Maine
McKinley sent the U.S.S. Maine to Havana harbor to protect American business and remove Americans from Cuba
While in the harbor the ships exploded killing 260 men
Hearst blames Spanish and offer $50,000 reward for capture of the Spaniards responsible
It turns out it was an accidental explosion set off by a coal fire being to close to weaponry.

14. CFU How did the Spanish react to the uprising in Cuba?
Send military and placed Cubans in concentration camps
What factors helped arouse American feelings of animosity toward Spain?
Yellow Journalism, de Lome Letter, Explosion of the U.S.S Maine

15. Events of the War
U.S. declares war on Spain, even though Spain claims they have nothing to do with explosion and meet all other demands of U.S.
The U.S. makes quick work of Spanish:
U.S. attacks Philippines w/ their help
U.S. then attacks Cuba with naval blockade
Land invasion follows
Invasion of Puerto Rico and Guam
U.S. eventually occupies these territories.

16. Effects of the War Treaty of Paris signed(1898) 3 Things agreed to:
Cuba became independent.
Spain gave P.R. & Guam to U.S.
U.S. bought Philippines for $20 million
U.S. became known as imperialist power by acquiring land beyond continent.
Economic, moral, and legal arguments arise about the annexation of new land (Philippines)

17. CFU Where was the Spanish-American War fought?
Caribbean and the Philippines
What were the consequences of the war for Spain and the U.S.?
Spain: got $20 million, lost land
US: gained land, paid $20 million for Phil.
Why did the Treaty of Paris cause such debate among Americans?
Concerning Philippine annexation, was it moral, was it legal?

18. #33 Ch 10 S 2
Details:
Read & Notes Ch 10 S 2
Margin ?s: B-D (3)
Pg. 351 Assessment # 1 & 2
Describe the Spanish-American War and U.S. expansion in the South Pacific.