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The Story of the Spanish American War
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Once Upon a Time in a land not so far away…
• There was a country called Spain which had expanded and owned many colonies.
• Two of those colonies were Cuba and Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico
Cuba
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In Cuba…
• There was a violent uprising by the Cubans.
• They wanted their own land and own leaders..
• Jose Marti led the Cuban rebels in a revolt against Spain.
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However… • Spain sent General Valeriano Weyler aka “The Butcher”
• He set into place the system of “re-concentration,” in which various fortified areas were designated, and all inhabitants were given eight days to move in, including cattle and other animals. Anyone caught outside was considered the enemy and killed.
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Life the camps was a death sentence…
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When the Americans heard about the death
camps they felt sympathic towards the Cubans.Leading to American support
of the Cuban revolt.
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Meanwhile back in the United
States…• Two newspapers
were reporting on the Spanish and Cuban uprisings.
• Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst were two newspaper owners writing stories about the revolt.
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They used a tactic called…• Yellow
Journalism.• When a
newspaper sensationalizes a story..
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The de Lome letter…
• The letter written by the Spanish minister to American stated that President McKinley was “weak”
• This outraged Americans and embarrassed Spain
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The USS Maine• The US battleship
Maine arrived in Havana harbor on January 25th
• On February 15th the Maine exploded and took 260 men with her.
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With this explosion…
• The United States prepared for war.• On April 20, 1898 Congress issued a
resolution that declared Cuba independent.
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Attached to the resolution was the…
• Teller Amendment• Declaring that the
United States had no intention of taking over Cuba.
• Spain declares war on the US April 24.
• President McKinley signs US declaration on April 23rd.