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1 CHAPTER FIVE SECTION TWO THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

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3 A. Crisis in Cuba 1.Spain=dying empire 2.Jose Marti-Cuban independence leader 3.“Butcher” Weyler 4.Much U.S. sympathy for Cuban independence

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5 B. The Yellow Press 1.Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst 2.Pushed for war with exaggerated stories of atrocities 3.Jingoism=aggressive nationalism

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7 C. Explosion of USS Maine 1.Accident or Sabotage? 2.The Yellow Press accused Spain 3.April 1898, U.S. Congress declared war

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9 D. War in the Far East 1.In Philippines Commodore George Dewey destroyed Spanish fleet 2.Filipino nationalists led by Emilio Aguinaldo defeat the Spanish army 3.In August, Spanish surrendered to US

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11 E. Meanwhile in Cuba 1.Although poorly trained, troops were successful 2.Theodore Roosevelt led Rough Riders 3.Charge up San Juan Hill

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13 F. “A Splendid Little War” 1.1898 Treaty of Paris 2.Cuba-Independent(sorta)-Platt Amendment 3.Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines = US territories 4.Turning point in the history of American foreign affairs

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