Spanish - American War Military History Module 6

who did Cuba fight for there indpendence

Spain

• Yellow journalism -

eye - catching headlines, exaggeration and sensationalism

why was the USS Maine sent to Cuba

• to protect American interests and civilians in Cuba 

who did the Americans blame for the sinking of the USS Maine 

Spain 

what was the rallying cry of the Spanish - American - War

Remember the Maine

what was signficant about the Spainh- American War

it was one- sided

what was the Battle of Manilla Bay

1st battle of the Spanish- American War

one of the most decesoive battles in Naval History 

• who led the U.S. Asiatic Squadron to attack the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay 

• Commodore George Dewey

Rough Riders 

 1st Volunteer Cavalry,

who lead the Rough Riders

Theodore Roosevelt

Battle of San Juan Hill 

• Heights of Cuba had to be secured 

• A force that included the Rough Riders had a 16-to-1 advantage over Spanish defenders 

•  bloodiest and most famous battle of the war 

“Buffalo Soldiers

•  Black  soldiers fought alongside white soldiers in an integrated fighting force 

how many Americans died in the Spanish American War 

3,000

In 1903, President Theodoore Rosselvelt signed a treaty that did what ? 

• Cuba to lease Guantanamo Bay 

when did the Spainards surrender to the Americans

July 17th 1898

years of the Spanish - american War

1898-1898

what treaty ended the Spanish - American War

treaty of Paris

Philippine - American  War 

• Philippine insurgents who had fought against the Spanish began to fight the Americans 

• 10x more U.S troops will die in this war than in defeating Spain 

• Americans would win the war after the victory in the Battle of Manila 

• In retaliation for guerilla attacks, in the Phillpane - American war  Americans did what 

set up concentration camps where thousands of Filipino people died