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maxush-Span-Am War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Exiled Cuban leader that raised money in the US to start revolution in Cuba against Spain | Jose Marti |
| 1895 Marti and his followers launch rebellion against Spain, seize eastern Cuba, declare independence | Cuban rebellion |
| publisher of the New York World, used newspaper to build support for the rebels in Cuba | William Randolph Hearst |
| Published the New york Journal, competed with other New York paper for readers, used Cuban rebellion to sell papers | Joseph Pulitzer |
| Exaggerated stories in newspapers to sell papers | yellow journalism |
| Appointed Spanish governor of Cuba, treated Cubans harshly, thousands are killed | Gen. Valeriano Weyler |
| Created to seperate locals from rebels to limit support and end rebellion | reconcentration camps |
| Private letter from Spanish Ambassador critical of Pres. McKinley, intercepted and published by the Journal | de Lome Letter |
| US warship sent to Havana to protect American citizens, explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor | Maine |
| Extreme nationalism marked by aggresive foreign policy | jingoism |
| Commander of US fleet in Hong Kong that attacks and destroys Spanish fleet at Manilla | Com. Dewey |
| Spanish possession US troops occupy on their way to the Philippines | Guam |
| One of the first villages to fall to US forces as they advanced on Santiago Harbor to surround Cervera's fleet | El Caney |
| High ground around Santiago Harbor taken by US forces, would be used to shell Cervera's fleet from | San Juan Hill |
| Volunteer cavalry unit, Theodore Roosevelt second in command, active participants in battles in Cuba | Rough Riders |
| US and Spain agree to a cease-fire | Aug. 12, 1898 |
| Ends Spanish-American War, Cuba independent, US gets Philippoines, Guam, and Puerto Rico, pays Spain $20 million | Treaty of Paris 1898 |
| Leader of the Filipino revolt against the US after the Spain gives the Philippines to the US | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| Civilian governor of the Philippines, introduces reforms in education, transportation, and health care | William Howard Taft |
| Makes Puerto Rico an unincorporated territory, begins move towards self-government | Foraker Act |
| Self-governed territory, it's people are citizens of protector nation | commonwealth |
| Limited Cuba's treaty making power, had to lease or sell naval bases to the US, had to keep debt's low to prevent foreign intervention, US retains the right to intervene to protect Cuba | Platt Amendment |
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