HISTORY

State of the South after the Civil War, how the new Republican government tried to address them, and aid to newly freed AAs

3 problems the south faced were economic devastation, social changes, and political instability. Address them: 1. Freedman’s Bureau 2. 13th Amendment 3. 14th and 15th Amendment. Socially: families were reunited, economically: land ownership, politically: 15th amendment —> black men allowed to vote

Reasons for the Spanish American War and the outcomes of the Spanish American War

1. Yellow journalism - sensationalized news about rebels against Spain that turned Americans against them

2. De Lome Letters - insulted Pres. McKinley, making Americans angry @ Spain

3. USS Maine Explosion - there were many American soldiers that died, many Americans blamed Spain

Outcomes:

• Spain freed Cuba and turned over he Islands of Guam and Puerto Rico to the US

• Spain sold the Philippines for $20 mill to the US

Causes for entry into the war, Arguments of Isolationists,

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Axis Powers’ Aggression (Japanese expansion and u-boats attacking ships in the Atlantic)

Defense of Allies and Global Democracy

Arguments of Isolationists:

• Avoiding another costly war

• Focus on domestic issues -  that one-third of our population is ill-fed, ill-housed and ill-clad

• Belief in neutrality and security

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