Imperialism The Spanish American War US History Spiconardi

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Imperialism: The Spanish American War US History: Spiconardi

Imperialism: The Spanish American War US History: Spiconardi

Underlying Causes • Economic – Spain increased taxes on Cuba – U. S. placed

Underlying Causes • Economic – Spain increased taxes on Cuba – U. S. placed tariff on Cuban sugar • Cuba’s economy suffers • Cuban revolutionaries destroy American sugar plantations and mills in Cuba

Underlying Causes • Humanitarian – Spanish military mistreats Cubans • Civilians detained in camps

Underlying Causes • Humanitarian – Spanish military mistreats Cubans • Civilians detained in camps by Gen. Weyler – 30% die from disease and starvation

Underlying Causes • Expansionist – War offered an opportunity to seize territory from Spain,

Underlying Causes • Expansionist – War offered an opportunity to seize territory from Spain, a nation in decline – Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s speech to the Senate: • What are three specific reasons Lodge provides to justify American involvement? • How does Lodge attempt to persuade people to adopt his argument?

Immediate Causes • Jingoism super patriotism & demand for aggressive actions • Yellow Journalism

Immediate Causes • Jingoism super patriotism & demand for aggressive actions • Yellow Journalism exaggerated and sensationalized news – Competing publishers William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer print stories about atrocities of the Cuban Revolution • Often distorted events for garner an emotional response from the American public

Immediate Causes • What are four (4) arguments the New York World uses to

Immediate Causes • What are four (4) arguments the New York World uses to subscribe to their argument?

Yellow Journalism Headlines

Yellow Journalism Headlines

Immediate Causes • The De. Lôme Letter – A personal letter from Spanish Minister

Immediate Causes • The De. Lôme Letter – A personal letter from Spanish Minister to the United States from published in the New York Journal – “Besides the natural and inevitable coarseness with which he repeats al the press and public opinion of Spain has said of Weyler, it shows once more that Mc. Kinley is: weak and catering to the rabble, and besides, a low politician, who desires to leave a door open to me and to stand well with the jingoes of his party. ”

Immediate Causes • Sinking of the Maine – US battleship mysteriously explodes and sinks

Immediate Causes • Sinking of the Maine – US battleship mysteriously explodes and sinks in the harbor of Havana Cuba • 266 Americans killed • US blames Spain for planting a bomb

Results • Treaty of Paris – Spain grants Cuba independence • US controls Cuban

Results • Treaty of Paris – Spain grants Cuba independence • US controls Cuban politics and economy – US acquires Philippines for $20 million – US gains Puerto Rico & Guam • Sparks debate: Imperialists vs. Anti-Imperialists • Increases American involvement in Latin America

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