Imperialism and the Spanish American War

By kbranham

  • Alfred Mahan

    Alfred Mahan
    Admiral Alfred Mahan published a book calling for a strong navy to increase US presence around the world, and pushed for the US to acquire foreign lands. (Imperialism)

  • Second War for Independence in Cuba

    Second War for Independence in Cuba
    Jose Marti, a Cuban poet and journalist in exile in New York, launcheda revolution in 1895. He orhanized resistance against Spain and destroyed property like American-owned Sugar Mills and plantations.

  • Spain’s response/Yellow Journalism

    Spain’s response/Yellow Journalism
    Two men named Wiliam Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were newspaper writers. They wrote stories for the paper, but they exaggerated them to deepen American sympathy for the rebels. This was called yellow journalism.

  • DeLome letter

    A private letter that the New York Journal published. It was written by Enrique Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister of the United States. A Cuban rebel stole it from the Havana post office and put it in the newspaper for scandal.

  • USS Maine

    USS Maine
    President McKinley ordered the USS Maine to bring home American citizens that were in danger from the fighting and to protect American property. The ship blew up in the harbor of Havana. More than 260 men were killed.

  • War

    War
    Mckinley and Congress debated to declare war. Congress finally agrees and the United States declared war.

  • Philippines

    Philippines
    America invaded the Spanish colony on the other side of the world. They invaded the Philippine Islands. George Dewey commanded to open fire and within hours they destroyed every Spanish ship there.

  • Rough Riders/ San Juan Hill

    Rough Riders/ San Juan Hill
    It's elevation in eastern Cuba near Santiago de Cuba. It was captured by Cuban and American forces on July 1, 1898, during the Spanish-American War. Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders became famous for a charge up the hill during the battle.

  • Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico
    American troops invaded Puerto Rico.

  • Cease-fire/treaty

    Cease-fire/treaty
    The United States and Spain signed a cease fire agreement, ending a splendid war. The actual war fighting lasted 15 weeks.

  • Cease-fire/treaty

    Cease-fire/treaty
    The United States and Spain met in Paris to agree on a treaty. Spain freed Cuba and turned over the islands of Guam in the Pacific and Puerto Rico in the west Indies to the United States. Spain sold the Philippines to the US for 20 million.

  • War’s outcome/Teller Amendment

    War’s outcome/Teller Amendment
    The Senate approved of the Treaty of Paris. The US now had a empire that included Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.