Transcript Spanish American War Study Guide

Write in your Bell Book:
Bell Ringer:
What were the 4 main causes for the
Spanish-American War?
Check --Page 10: Yellow Journalism
Homework:
Read pages 4 and 5 in the unit packet.
Complete the “Explore and Review” chart on
p. 8 (Recreate the chart on p. 9)
Spanish American
War and
American
Imperialism Unit
1. What were the causes of the
Spanish American War (nicknamed
a "splendid little war")?
a. Protection
of American
business
interests
(especially sugar
plantations).
1. What were the causes of the
Spanish American War (nicknamed
a "splendid little war")?
b. American
support for
Cuban rebels'
desire for
independence
from Spain.
1. What were the causes of the
Spanish American War (nicknamed
a "splendid little war")?
c. Rising
tensions between
Spain and the
United States as
a result of the
sinking of the
U.S.S. Maine in
Havana Harbor.
1. What were
the causes of the
Spanish American
War (nicknamed a
"splendid little
war")?
d. Exaggerated
news reports of
events (yellow
journalism).
“You furnish
the pictures
and I’ll
furnish the
war.”
Mr. Hurst was the
editor and chief of the
New York Journal
~William Randolph
Hearst to an
American artist who
was coving the
Cuban Revolution
Yellow Journalism: Origins and Definition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0mjkLPvrQM&NR=1&feature
=fvwp
Hearst and the Spanish
American War:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A
bzd41k_OhQ&feature=channel
The Century, America's Time: Seeds Of Change (3 of 3): (start at
4:40/end 10:20)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dae7QI6gIsA&feature=related
Actual film
of the
Maine:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?ammem/pap
r:@filreq(+@FIELD(NUMB
ER+@band(sawmp+0229)
)+@field(COLLID+spanam
))
“REMEMBER THE
MAINE ~
TO HELL WITH
SPAIN!!!!!!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlrdsWAXi
EQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL&safety_mo
de=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
Roosevelt’s Resume
0 Harvard Graduate
0 NY State Congressman
0 NY Police Chief
0 Assistant Sectary of the Navy
0 Leader of the 1st Regiment of the US
Calvary Volunteers in Spanish-American
War.
0 Governor of NY
0 Vice President of the U.S.
0 President of the U.S.
Leaving for Cuba:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?ammem/papr:@filreq(+@FIELD(NUMBER+@
band(sawmp+0964))+@field(COLLID+spanam))
Roosevelt was not known for saying
“CHARGE!!!” but… “Follow Me!!!”
Taking the Heights at
San Juan Hill
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qr6LWebk40&featur
e=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&saf
e=active
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3_etUB0rfU&feature=
related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=
active
Roosevelt's Rough Riders :
Reenactment of the Battle
for San Juan Hill
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?ammem/papr:@filreq(+@FIELD(
NUMBER+@band(sawmp+0318))+@field(COLL
ID+spanam))
2. What were the
results of the Spanish
American War?
a. The
United
States
emerged as
a world
power.
2. What were the results
of the Spanish American
War?
b. Cuba
gained
independence
from Spain.
2. What were the results
of the Spanish American
War?
c. The
United States
gained
possession of
the Philippines,
Guam, and
Puerto Rico.
EFFECTS:
CAUSES:
3. How did Theodore
Roosevelt impact the United
States' foreign policy?
a. He expanded the
Monroe Doctrine as a
way to prevent European
involvement in Latin
American countries. Its
official name was the
Roosevelt Corollary to
the Monroe Doctrine.
3.How did
Theodore Roosevelt
impact the United
States' foreign
policy?
b. Roosevelt believed that the United States
should "speak softly and carry a big stick". He
believed that nations should try to solve
differences peacefully, but if that did not work,
he thought the United States should take
stronger measures. (This was nicknamed Big
Stick Diplomacy.)
“Speak Softly
and carry a
big stick!”
“…America is ready,
and if need be,
desirous of battle…”~
T. Roosevelt
0 Teddy Roosevelt Speech:
0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhkCWpbZyJU&saf
ety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
3. How did Theodore
Roosevelt impact the United
States' foreign policy?
c. Roosevelt
ensured the
building of the
Panama Canal
using Big Stick
Diplomacy.
“I thought that instead of
debating for a half century
before building the canal, it
would be better to build the
canal first ,
and debate me for a half
century.”
~President Theodore Roosevelt
American Imperialism and
Expansionism under Theodore
Roosevelt:
The Panama Canal
0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6c66PDGvB4&NR=1
4. What was the Roosevelt
Corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine?
a. It asserted
that the United
States' right to
interfere in the
economic matters
of other nations
in the Americas.
4. What was the Roosevelt
Corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine?
b. It claimed
the United
States' right
to exercise
international
police power.
Political
Cartoon
Analysis
Primary
Resources:
“Yellow
Journalism”
Theodore
Roosevelt
The actual voice of
Theodore Roosevelt:
http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=uhlzdjPGxrs
&feature=related