The Spanish – American

War

CausesM Y

MAID

CausesM ahan (ideas about power) Y

MAID

CausesM ahan (ideas about power) Y ellow Journalism

MAID

CausesM ahan (ideas about power) Y ellow Journalism

M aine (Who done it?)

A ID

CausesM ahan (ideas about power) Y ellow Journalism

M aine (Who done it?)

A buse of Cubans (Concentration Camps +)

I D

CausesM ahan (ideas about power) Y ellow Journalism

M aine (Who done it?)

A buse of Cubans (Concentration camps +)

I nterests in sugar (American business)

D

CausesM ahan (ideas about power) Y ellow Journalism

M aine (Who done it?)

A buse of Cubans (Concentration camps +)

I nterests in sugar (American business)

De Lome Letter (Dis on the President)

The Splendid Little War• April 20, 1898 = Congress gives the

okay• Roosevelt sends in navy as Assist. Sec.

of Navy– “…having immense fun running the

navy!”• Few combat deaths / “easy” war

– 385 die from Spanish bullets– 2 major naval battles w/ only two deaths– Most death comes from fever

“In good spirits because oranges

and coconuts are so plentiful & every trooper has his canteen full of

lemonade all the time.”

So What?•Treaty of Paris•Cuba “Independent”•Philippines bought for $20 Mill.•U.S. gets Guam & Puerto Rico•U.S. emerges as a full fledged world power