Lecture 6: A splendid little war

What is the cuban revolution

Leads to Spanish American war

Cuba wasn’t an American Colony, it belonged to spain

Cuba is trying to independicize and make it its own

Why did the spain empire shrink

colonies are expensive and a revolution

What is yellow journalism

sensationalist journalism, highlight what people want to read for sale

What does the De lome letter talk about

it was supposed to be private

talked about McKinley intent to negotiate peace but De Lome sees him as weak, corrupt politician

the letter was intercepted and turned into yellow journalism

6 days later the USS maine exploded

Congress gives money for war with Spain

What are the versions regarding the USS Main

American and Cuban version: US was attacked by Spain

Spanish Version: we didnt do that (correct)

• spain did not attack the USS maine

What 4 requests did McKinley have?

1. want Spain to pay compensation for USS Maine

2. Span needed to abandon concentration camps in Cuba

3. Spain stop fighting with Cuban rebels

4. Let cuba get independence

Spain accepted to all minus the 4th

How long did the war last ?

1898 April - August

only 500 US were injured

Why did the US fight the Phillipines

Phillipines was owned by Spain

Battle of Manila Bay

had 1 casualty by heatstroke

soldiers died from malaria, malnutrion, yellow fever

almost all buried in Cuba

ill prepared, ill trained, wool uniforms, bad water water

5000 died due to diease

Teddy Roosevelt and rough riders

Teddy liked proving his strength to people

volunteered in war because he didnt want to be stuck behing a desk

Buffalo soldiers

Black Americans who colunteered to fight in Cuba

segregated and couldnt fight with white soldiers

What happens when spain surrenders

Us takes puerto rico

What is the Treaty of Paris

Provisions

1. cuba is now free

2. US gets “spanish stuff” PR, Philipines, and Guam

3. Pay spain 20 milliom to make them agree

Significance: spain starts looking to other world powers in hopes to find a country to help them and stand up to the U.S.

US becomes world empire