Veteran's Day
Continuing Notes
What caused an increase in tension between the US and Spain?
1.In 1895 civil war broke out in Cuba between Spain and the Cubans
2. The conflict was described by Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont as "bloody and brutal"
3. Newspapers (Yellow Press-particularly those owned by William Randolph Hearst) reported the brutality of the Spanish General Weyler
The New York Journal reports "....blood on the roadsides, blood in the villages, blood, blood, blood!"
The Yellow Press
Instigated the war
United the general public to want war with Spain
Made people feel sorry for the Cubans
USS Maine was sunk supposedly by Spain
Causes of the Spanish-American War 1898
The USS Maine sinking
The Yellow Press
Butcher Weyler and his treatment of Cubans in the concentration camps
The De Lome Letter
Jose Marti's destruction of US property in Cuba-making it look as thought Spain did it
Teller Amendment
Imperialists vs anti-imperialists in US
Treaty of Paris-1898
Brought an official end to the war
Spain gave Cuba independence (kind of)
US got control of the Phillippines ($20 million), Guam and Puerto Rico
Misc.
The US Army was not prepared to fight this war-The Navy was excellent!
Roughly 3000 US soldiers died in the war-Only 385 battle deaths-2500 died due to disease
Lasted April 25-August 12, 1898
The US became an empire for the first time in our history
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