Beginning of the American Empire

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August 28th/29th

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The Spanish American War Animated Video

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What did the Platt Amendment say? (select all that apply)

Cuba had to sell land to build the naval base (Guantonamo Bay)

The U.S. could send the military in to keep things in order

Cuba became a U.S. state

Cuba could trade freely with the U.S.

Multiple Choice

At the end of the Spanish American War, the United States gained which 3 territories?

Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain

Spain, Cuba, Guam

Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia

Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico

Multiple Choice

The United States defeated which former mighty empire in the Spanish American War?

England

France

Spain

Russia

Multiple Choice

The United States gained large territories from SPAIN during the Spanish American War. Who was the president during this time?

Abraham Lincoln

Theodore Roosevelt

William McKinley

Barack Obama

Multiple Choice

What became the rallying cry for people that wanted a war with Spain in Cuba?

"Fight, Fight, Fight!"

"Remember the Maine!"

"Remember the Titanic!"

"Beat Spain!"

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FREE CUBA!!

Britannica

In order to deprive the revolutionaries of the rural support on which they depended, Weyler instituted a brutal program of “reconcentration,” forcing hundreds of thousands of Cubans into camps in the towns and cities, where they died of starvation and disease by the tens of thousands. "

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______________ is a name for false or exaggerated reporting.

Red-top

Government

Newspaper lying

Yellow Journalism

Multiple Choice

What happened to the United States after the Spanish-American War?

The United States joined forces with Cuba and controlled all of the island countries in the Caribbean.

The United States began a war with Mexico.

The United States became a world power.

The United States began a war with Canada.

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