“the splendid little war” the spanish american war may - december 1898 chapter 10, section 2
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
“The Splendid Little War”The Spanish American War
May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2
![Page 2: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Causes1. The Cubans
rebel against their Spanish colonial masters
2. Jingoism
![Page 3: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
• Displays of Power• Vs. Chilean Government
• Vs. Brazilian Rebels
• Vs. Great Britain
• All of these actions reaffirmed the Monroe Doctrine
![Page 4: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
The Cuban Rebellion
• Cuban peasants vs. The Spanish Empire
• “Re-concentration Camps” – 200k Cubans Dead
• US didn’t get involved until Rebels destroyed our sugar plantations
![Page 5: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Jingoism• “We’ve got the men and guns…”
• Many Americans are pro-war (many aren’t)
• Yellow journalism whips up anti-Spanish Sentiments
![Page 6: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Yellow Journalism and the Spanish American War.
![Page 7: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
The De Lome Letter
• Called McKinley weak• Angers the American
Public
![Page 8: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Explosion of the USS Maine
• Stationed in Havana Cuba• Probably a coal fire or ammunition explosion• Killed 250 Americans
![Page 9: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
![Page 10: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
The Last Straws…
• Roosevelt tells the US Navy to prepare for war (with out permission)
• McKinley demands a truce, and Cuban independence.
• Spain refuses and WAR BEGINS!!
![Page 11: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
![Page 12: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Naval Actions
• Simultaneous attacks on Spanish ships in Cuba and the Philippines.
• The Spanish Pacific fleet is wiped out in less than 7 hours.
• The Gulf of Mexico Fleet will be wiped out on July 3rd.
![Page 13: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
![Page 14: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Land Actions
![Page 15: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Land Actions
• San Juan Hill
• Only part of a much larger battle
• Made Teddy Roosevelt even more famous
![Page 16: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Casualties
• 2500 Americans die, only 16% are battlefield casualties.
• MOST DIE FROM DISEASE.
![Page 17: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Treaty of Paris, 1898• The US gets…
– Guam (unincorporated territory)
– The Philippines (unincorporated territory)
– Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory)
• Spain gets…– $20 Million
![Page 18: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Cuba gets… INDEPENDENCE! (after the Platt Amendment)
![Page 19: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Our new colonies…
• The Philippines (who had aided us vs. the Spanish) wanted independence.– Over 200k Filipinos
died fighting the US
• Puerto Rico was given gradual self control
![Page 20: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Hawaii• Forced Annexation in 1898• Used for A Naval Base• Wanted access to their sugar cane
![Page 21: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
American Samoa
• Pago Pago harbor was used as a refueling station
• Set up Midway Island as a refueling station
![Page 22: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
China
• “Spheres of Influence”
• Open Door Policy (gives us access to China’s millions of consumers)
![Page 23: “The Splendid Little War” The Spanish American War May - December 1898 Chapter 10, Section 2](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062515/56649f575503460f94c7c2fb/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)