The Spanish American War: Causes and Effects

1
The Spanish American War Causes and Effects
2
Causes

• American Sympathy towards Cuban Fight for Freedom
  against Spanish Rule
• 1868 1878 The Ten Years War caused by
  excessive Spanish taxation, trade restrictions,
  and exclusion from native Cubans from government
  posts
• 1896 The Concentration System. Butcher
  Nicolario Weyler y Nicolau forced 300,000 Cuban
  Rebels into concentration (reconcentrado) camps

3
Causes

• Monroe Doctrine chance to get Spain out of the
  Western Hemisphere
• Economic Interests heavy Losses of American
  investment in Cuba (sugar plantations) caused by
  guerrilla warfare
• Strategic importance of the island to Central
  America and a projected isthmian canal there

4
Causes

• A growing sense of U.S. power in the affairs of
  the Western Hemisphere.
• Yellow Journalism American Press got Americans
  behind going to war
• Spark Sinking of the USS Maine

5
Yellow Journalism

• A type of journalism that distorts and
  exaggerates the news to create sensations and
  attract readers

William Randolph Hearst vs. Joseph Pulitzer. New
York Journal vs. New York World.
6
1.What is most noticeable about the example? 2.
How is this media making people feel? 3. How
would this influence or change peoples minds?
7
Characteristics of Yellow Journalism

• Characteristics of Yellow Journalism
• Headlines in huge print, often of minor news
• Many pictures, or imaginary drawings
• use of faked interviews, misleading headlines,
  and false information from so-called experts
• dramatic sympathy with the "underdog" against the
  system.
• Emotional words and symbols scare tactics

8
(No Transcript)
9
(No Transcript)
10
The Sinking of the USS Maine
11
Does Yellow Journalism still exist?
12
Important Events

• 15 February, 1898 Sinking of the USS Maine
• 266 U.S. Servicemen are killed
• Blamed on a Spanish mine

13
Important Events

• 1 May, 1898 Admiral Dewey Surprise attack on
  the Spanish Fleet in Manila Harbor
• All Spanish Ships are Sunk

14
Important Events

• 1 July, 1898 Spanish Defeated in Battle of San
  Juan Hill
• T. Roosevelt led the Rough Riders to victory

15
Important Events

• 10 December, 1898 Spain signs Treaty of Paris
  Ending the War

16
Effects of the Spanish American War

• U.S. becomes an Imperialist Power
• Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines become
  colonies of the U.S.
• Cuba gains its independence from Spain, but
  becomes a U.S. Protectorate
• U.S. will protect and partially control Cuba
• Philippine rebels wanting independence declare
  war on U.S.

17
Time for a Quizlett!
18
Which of the following is not a cause of the
Spanish American War?

1. The Monroe Doctrine
2. A desire for economic opportunity
3. Sympathy for the Spanish
4. The sinking of the Battleship Maine
5. Yellow Journalism

19
Which of the following is not a cause of the
Spanish American War?

1. The Monroe Doctrine
2. A desire for economic opportunity
3. Sympathy for the Spanish
4. The sinking of the Battleship Maine
5. Yellow Journalism

20
Which of the following is not an effect of the
Spanish American War?

1. U.S. became an imperialistic power.
2. Cuba became a U.S. Protectorate.
3. Filipino rebels declared war on the U.S.
4. Spains colonies were free.

21
Which of the following is not an effect of the
Spanish American War?

1. US became an imperialistic power
2. Cuba became a US Protectorate
3. Filipino rebels declared war on the U.S.
4. Spains colonies were free.

22
Which of the following defines Yellow Journalism?

1. Factual, Unbiased news
2. Distorted or Exaggerated news
3. A type of news that no longer exists today
4. Proven news written by experts

23
Which of the following defines Yellow Journalism?

1. Factual, Unbiased news
2. Distorted or Exaggerated news
3. A type of news that no longer exists today
4. Proven news written by experts