spanish-american war Flashcards
Why was the US willing to go to war with Spain over Cuba?
- coverage of Cuban rebellion
- publishings of de Lome letter
- coverage of USS Maine
why did people not want to go to war?
people didn’t want to go to war with Spain because America had just come out of the Civil War 3 years before
how much of what industry did American businessmen control in cuba?
American businessmen controlled 80% of Cuba’s sugar industry
what tactic did the Cubans use against Spain when they revolted in 1895?
- guerrilla warfare
- terrorism over civilians
what is guerrilla warfare?
hit and run, not uniform
how did the Spanish respond to the Cuban rebellion?
- placed Cuban rebels in concentration camps
- 200,000 killed ~ large number for small island
how did the Americans feel about the Cuban rebellion?
- sided with cubans
- saw cuba as the US under British rule
- small power vs a larger European country
- newspapers very biased and supported the Cubans
- made up exaggerated stories “yellow journalism”
who published The Journal?
William Randolph Hearst
who published The World?
Joseph Pulitzer
what caused people to want to go to war with Spain?
the de Lome letter
what was the de Lome letter?
- de Lome was Spanish representative to US
- insulted McKinley
who published the de Lome letter?
William Hearst
what is McKinley’s reaction to the de Lome letter?
He sends the USS Maine to the Havana Harbor
what happened to the USS Maine?
- blew up in Havana Harbor
- the yellow press and American public blamed Spain
- “remember the Maine”
what was Theodore Roosevelt’s position in the military during the Spanish-American war?
Assistant Secretary of the Navy