We talked about our test over chapter 10. It's a group test, you can hurt yourself, but not your group. Then we continued talking about chapter 10.Jose Marti- destoryed U.S. property and made it look like Spain did it to try to get the U.S. involved in war with Spain to help Cuba.General Valeriano Weyler- put Cubans in concentration camps for order, people died from lack of medical assistance and food, he was nicknamed the butcher.Cause of war- mad about concentration camps and how the Cubans were treated in them, the destruction of U.S. propery, the sinking of the USS Maine, De Lome Letter, and Yellow Press.Increased tension between U.S. and Spain-1. 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. Newspaper (Yellow Press- particularly those owned by William Randolph Hearst) reported the brutality of the Spainsh General Weyler.4. The New York Journal reports "....blood on the roadsides, blood in the villages, blood, blood, blood!"5. American newspaper were clearly pushing the nation towards intervention in teh CUban situation.The Yellow Press- instigated the war, united the general public to want war with Spain, made people feel sorry for the Cubans. Yellow Press- named after The Yellow Kid. The Yellow Kid was the first comic in newspapers and it was in yellow.De Lome Letter- Another cause for the war. It called McKinley weak and not a good president, it was put in the Yellow Press. Sent by Spainish Ambassador, intercepted and put in Yellow Press.USS Maine- everyone thought Spain did it. Now they think it was an internal explosion. It was the biggest reason the U.S. went to war with Spain.Teller Amendment- Imperialists vs. anti-Imperialists in the U.S., it would give Cuba independence.Fought in- Philippines, Guam-(minor- 1 day), and Cuba, Puerto Rico.Commodore George Dewey- took over Philippines when U.S. declared war on Spain.Emilio Aguinaldo- he was a filipino allie to U.S., until he found out the U.S. wouldn't give the Philippines independence, then he fought against U.S.John Hay- "A splended little war" - U.S. won, short, easy, few casualties, U.S. got land, and it was inexpensive.Treaty of Paris 1898- Brought an official end to the war, Spain gave Cuba independence, U.S. got control of the Philippines- $20 miilion, Guam and Puerto Rico.The U.S. army wasn't prepared to fight this war, but the navy was excellent. Roughly 3000 U.S. soldiers died in the war. Only 385 battle deaths, 2500 died due to disease, Lasted April 25 to August 12, 1898. The U.S. became an empire for the first time in our history. The Army had hot uniforms/10-3 Acquiring New LandsPuerto Rico- claimed by the Spainish Crown in 1493 following Columbus' second voyage to the Americas. In 1898 after 400 years of colonial rule Puerto Rico was ceded to the U.S. as a result of the Spanish American War.Puerto Ricans were grated U.S. citizenship in 1917, popularly elected governors have served since 1948, in 1952 a constitutino was enacted providing for internal self government, in plebiscites held in 1967, 1993, and 1998 veoters chose to retain commonwealth status. Remain commonwealth, independence, state.
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