Well I had my blog done in class, and I go to publish it, and it didn't work. So, here is a whole new blog.We continued with our Ch. 10 blog discussions.Spanish-American WarBetween April and August 1898, the U.S. helped Cuba win it's independence from Spain. They were interested in Cuba because of it's sugar plantations. Also, Cuba was very close to the U.S. The Americans wanted president Pierce to buy Cuba from Spain, and when Spain found out they said they would rather watch Cuba sink in the ocean.-Jose Marti was a Cuban who fought to acheive Cuban independence. He died fighting for Cuba. He destroyed American land in Cuba and blamed Spain so that America would help them in the war.-General Valeriano Weyler was a spanish solider. He was sent to Cuba to restore order, and he herded the rural population into concentration camps. About 300,000 Cubans were sent to these and many died from hunger and diseases-Yellow journalism appared, which was when journalists printed eye-catching articles so people would buy and read their newspapers.-Enrique Dupuy de Lôme was the Spanish Minister. He wrote a lettle which was supposed to be private, to one of his friends, Don Jose Canelejas. The letter was stolen by a Cuban rebel saying that president McKinley was a weak president. The New York Journal published the letter, and the Spanish government was embarrassed and apologized, but Americans were still very upset.-The main reason the war started was the sinking of the USS Maine. The ship was sent to Cuba to bring home Americans in danger and to protect the land. The ship blew up and killed 266 people, and they blamed Spain. The Yellow Press blamed Spain, which was part of yellow journalism.- "Remember the Maine!" was America's rally cry, and they ended up going to war.-The rough riders were a volunteer cavalry under the command of Keonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt. The army of 17,000 landed in Cuba in June, 1898. At San Juan Hill, TR was known as the hero of San Juan Hill and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.-The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American war, in which Spain freed Cuba and turned over Guam, Puerto Rico, and sold the Philippines for $20 million. On December 10, 1898 the United States and Spain met in Paris to agree on the treaty.-The problem with the treaty was Imperialism. Imperialism is the policy of extending a nation's athority over other countries by economis, political, or military means. Some people felt that the Treaty of Paris was violating the Declaration of Independence by denying self government to the newly acquired territories.
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