Cuba And Phillipenes Flashcards
Jose Marti (cuba)
Cuban Rebel
Rough riders (cuba)
A group of athletes, cowboys, etc. Led by Roosevelt
Buffalo Soliders (cuba)
All black regiment very instrumental to winning cuba
Platt amendment (cuba)
1903, between US and Cuba
1st thing platt amendment stated (cuba)
Cuba could not enter alliances with any other foreign country
2nd thing platt amendment stated (cuba)
US could not intervene in Cuban affairs if they want
3rd thing platt amendment stated (cuba)
Cuba had to lease Guantanamo bay navy fueling station
4th thing platt amendment stated (cuba)
Cuba could not be in debt
Admiral Dewey 
(Head of navy) as soon as the war was declared Roosevelt sent Dewey from China to Manila
Manila bay
7 hrs long. Spanish fleet destroyed
Emilio aguinado
Filipino, fight US against the Spanish but then fights against the US finally Philippines independence in 1946
Treaty of Paris
Ends the war in 1898. Dec 10. Cuba becomes protectorate free from Spain. Spain gives up Puerto Rico and Guam. US pays Spain 20 mil for phillepenes (we are becoming imperial power)
William Howard Taft
First Governor General of Philippines
Anti-imperialist league
Mark Twain, Carnegie, etc, are against expanding because US principle 2. Opposing army 3. Fear of competition