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Chapter 18-2 The Spanish- American War
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Cuban Issue Buy Cuba in 1854 (Spain Refused) Jose Marti (Launched revolution) Business supports government American Public supports Cuba Libre
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Yellow Journalism Spain tries to restore order in Cuba Concentration camps William Randolph Hearst & Joseph Pulitzer Exaggerated accounts of camps Yellow journalism—lure & enrage readers “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.”—W.R.Hearst
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Remember the Maine & War Spanish minister insults McKinley USS Maine explodes Spain gave in to all US demands War in the Philippines Naval battle (Easy victory)
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Rough Riders Cuba (Small army, poorly trained volunteers) Rough Riders (Teddy Roosevelt) San Juan Hill Spanish fleet destroyed Puerto Rico invaded
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Splendid Little War Treaty of Paris (1898) Guam, Puerto Rico to US Bought Philippines Justification of Imperialism McKinley (Prayer) Booker T. Washington Samuel Gompers
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