Spain ruled with a heavy hand. General Weyler put 2. 200,000 Cubans into
camps. 1/8th of population starved to death
B. “Yellow Journalism” 1. uses bias reporting
to sell newspapers & inflame Americans
Joseph Pulitzer
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst to Frederick Remington:You furnish the pictures,and I’ll furnish the war!
C.Remember the Maineand to Hell with Spain!
1. U.S. warship blew up in Cuban harbor – 266 Am. sailors died
Theodore Roosevelt
Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the McKinley administration
Resigned his position to fight in Cuba.
1.The “Rough Riders” captured San
Juan Hill
2. 400 Americans died from the fighting; 4,000 died from diseases such as yellow fever and malaria
III. The Treaty of Paris: 1898
A Terms
1. Spain gave up Cuba, Puerto Rico and the island of Guam.
2.The U.S. paid Spain$20 mil. for thePhilippines.
The U.S. becomesan imperial power!
B. Platt Amendment (1903)
1. Cuba was not to enter into any agreements with foreign powers.
2. The U.S. could intervene in Cuban affairs
3. Cuba must lease Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. for naval and coaling station.
Cuban Independence?
Senator Orville Platt
C. The American Anti-Imperialist League
Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, and WilliamJennings Bryan amongthe leaders.
1. Against annexation of Philippines and allacts of imperialism.