10/20-10/24

[1Bailey]

Monday- 

Notes: 

• Causes of Spanish- American war 1998
• The USS Maine sinking
• The yellow press- newspapers that stretched the truth
• The De Lome Letter-
• Butcher Weyler and his treatment of Cubans in the concentration camps
• To help the Cubans get independence 
• Jose Marti's destruction of US property in Cuba- making it look as thought Spain did it

Tuesday- no school

Wednesday- 

Notes:

• On April 25, 1898 the US declared war on Spain
• Treaty of Paris
• The US army was not prepared to fight this war- The Navy was excellent
• Roughly 3000 US soldiers died in the war
• The US became an empire for the first time in our history 

[Mr. Bruns]

Brief overall.