Transcript USII.5 Spanish-American War (Part 2)

Who what when where?
April 25, 1898 United States declared
war on Spain
 War ended with the signing of the
Treaty of Paris, December 10, 1898
 Why was the United States at war with
Spain?
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YELLOW JOURNALISM
LATE 1800’S MOST NEWSPAPERS
WERE NOT AS ACCURATE AS THEY ARE
TODAY
 TOLD FALSE STORIES TO SEE WHO
COULD SELL MORE NEWSPAPERS
 NEW YORK JOURNAL-WILLIAM
RANDOLPH HEARST
 NEW YORK WORLD-JOSEPH PULTIZER
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Hearst vs. Pulitzer
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BOTH STARTED
TAINTING THE
REPORTS COMING
OUT OF CUBA
TRYING TO SHOCK
“Remember the Maine”
JAN. ,1898--USS MAINE went to
HAVANA HARBOR to SUPPORT CUBA
 FEB. 15, 1898--THE MAINE EXPLODES
AND SINKS KILLING 262 AMERICAN
CREW MEMBERS
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WHO OR WHAT BLEW UP THE
MAINE?
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SPAIN?- MOST
AMERICANS
THOUGHT SO
CUBAN REBELS?MAYBE TO MAKE
THE U.S. JOIN THE
FIGHT
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ACCIDENTAL
EXPLOSION?- GOOD
CHANCE FROM A
FLOATING MINE OR
GUNPOWDER
INSIDE THE SHIP
AMAZING NUMBERS
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TOTAL IN THE WAR
5,462 AMERICANS
LOST THEIR LIVES
ONLY 379 DIED IN
COMBAT
THE REST FROM
UNSANITARY
CONDITIONS
WHICH CAUSED
PLAGUE AND
YELLOW FEVER
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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WILL BECOME
PRESIDENT
BECAUSE HE
BECOMES HERO
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY
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The Battle of San Juan Hill
THE RESULTS
CUBA BECAME INDEPENDENT
 U.S. TOOK CONTROL OF PUERTO
RICO, GUAM AND THE PHILIPPINES
 UNITED STATES BECAME A NEW
WORLD POWER
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