Spanish-American War

Question 1

Military reasons for Cuba

Answer 1

Strategic location, 90 miles off of Florida coast, for a military base

Question 2

Humanitarian

Answer 2

Free Cubans from Spanish tyranny, because they had no civil liberties, political rights, and heavy taxes.

Question 3

Economy

Answer 3

We wanted the sugar trade and investors lost a lot if Cuba falls

Question 4

“Yellow Journalism”

Answer 4

Sensational news that made the public want to join into the war because of its hype. Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst race and battle for more eye-catching stories

Question 5

Sinking of USS Maine

Answer 5

Explodes in Havana Harbor, Cuba. 266 men die and the yellow press blames Spain

Question 6

Results in Treaty of Paris (1898)

Answer 6

Puerto Rico is a US territory, Philippines sold to US for $20 million, Guam territory in Pacific, and Cuba under US control (Platt amendment gives them new gov.)