12.2 Spanish American war packet

yellow journalism

-click baiting in newspapers

-when reporters exaggerate/ make up stories to attract readers

jingoism

-an attitude of aggressive nationalism (pride for one’s country)

Jose Marti

-Cuban writer, poet, & exiled leader who was passionate about Cuban independence

-brought together Cuban exile groups in the US to train and gather supplies to invade Cuba

William Randolph Hearst

-owned New York Journal

-competed the New York World for readers through yellow journalism

Joseph Pulitzer

-owned New York World

-competed the New York Journal for readers through yellow journalism

Theodore Roosevelt

-Assistant secretary of the Navy who ranged that McKinley didn’t declare war after the Maine exploded

-Second in command of the Rough Riders

Platt Amendment

-amendment attached to 1901 army appropriations bill given post-war by senator Orville Platt

-made Cuba a US protectorate → kept Cuba tied to the US

explain why many Americans blamed Spain for the explosion of the USS Maine

-the Maine was in Havana harbor off Cuba when it exploded

-blamed Spain because of yellow journalism (the press blamed Spain before the general public did)

why did many Filipinos feel betrayed by the US Government after the Spanish-American War?

-the US didn't give them credit for their work together (Filipinos thought they were allies)

-the US acted against its republican ideals (thoughts of freedom/ independence) because at first it seemed like the americans were there to help them break free of Spain, but after the war ended the US annexed them and originally didn't let them stay independent

land annexed after the Spanish-American War

-Phillipines

-Puerto Rico

economic effects of annexing the Philippines post Spanish-American War

-US got naval bases & ports near Asia (leading to more trade)

-Philippines got improvements in education/ schools, transportation, healthcare

economic effects of annexing Puerto Rico post Spanish-American War

-US got new markets and more power

-US got control of Puerto Rican government, causing Puerto Ricans to become US citizens from 1917 on (but not given the same rights as citizens in America)

What conditions led to the Cuban rebellion in 1895?

-growing Cuban population

-US as Cuban allies

-Cuba wanted to be in charge of their own economy and trade

-Spain was oppressing the Cubans

How prepared was the US Army to fight a war against Spain?

-the Army was not prepared at all: training camps didn't have equipment and we're so unsanitary that more Americans died in these camps than in battle

-navy was very well prepared: they had built up by now and expanded

What were the arguments for establishing an American empire?

-economic and military benefits

-large market

-land for Naval bases

-Americans had the duty to teach others how to live

What were the arguments against establishing an American empire?

-costs too much (no economic benefit)

-cheap labor would bring down US wages and take jobs

-it “violated” american principles