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In the mid 1800’s, there was a movement in America to try to buy Cuba from Spain
Spain said NO WAY
President Franklin Pierce
Escalated by economic depression
American Interest ◦ Some Sympathies ◦ Annexation? ◦ Overseas investments
Jose Marti
General Valeriano Weyler ◦ Brought in by
Spanish to put down the revolution
Reconcentrado ◦ Concentration Camps ◦ Cut ties between
rural workers and revolutionaries
Drawings used to incense Americans
Style of writing that exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers
April 20, 1898 ◦ US declared war on
Spain ◦ Spain agreed to most
demands from US willing to pay for the
U.S.S. Maine
Naval Blockade
Theodore Roosevelt ◦ Assistant Secretary of
the Navy ◦ Telegram 2/25/1898 Puts Dewey into
position to attack ◦ Prepared for Battle of
Manila Bay
After Dewey destroyed the Spanish Fleet, 11,000 American troops joined the Filipinos who had been fight for independence.
The Filipinos were lead by rebel, Emilio Aguinaldo.
By August 1898, the Spanish troops surrendered.
Naval Blockade – Admiral Sampson blockaded Cuba, sealing up the Spanish Fleet in Santiago Harbor.
Our Army wasn’t as prepared as our Navy. Over 125,000 men volunteered to serve but
were given mostly left-over Civil War equipment.
A total of 307,420 served in the war. Only 325 died in battle and 2,061died of disease or other causes.
Resigned in May, 1898
Created the “Rough Riders” ◦ First US Volunteer
Cavalry ◦ Second in command
under Leonard Wood
T.R.’s group took Kettle Hill which opened the way for the infantry to charge on San Juan Hill.
Roosevelt comes out of the war as a big hero.
The Spanish had been bottled up in Santiago Bay. On July 3rd, they made a run for it. American ships waiting for them, pursued and
destroyed the fleet
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