A. Spanish Misrule in Cuba

1. Cuban Colony wants independence

Spain ruled with a heavy hand. General Weyler put 2. 200,000 Cubans into

camps. 1/8th of population starved to death

B. “Yellow Journalism” 1. uses bias reporting

to sell newspapers & inflame Americans

Joseph Pulitzer

William Randolph Hearst

Hearst to Frederick Remington:You furnish the pictures,and I’ll furnish the war!

C.Remember the Maineand to Hell with Spain!

1. U.S. warship blew up in Cuban harbor – 266 Am. sailors died

D. The Spanish-American War (1898):

“That Splendid Little War”

Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the McKinley administration

Resigned his position to fight in Cuba.

1.The “Rough Riders” captured San

Juan Hill

2. 400 Americans died from the fighting; 4,000 died from diseases such as yellow fever and malaria

A. U.S. attacked Spanish colony-part of The Spanish-American War

(1898)

B. Dewey Captures Manila!

C. Emilio Aguinaldo

1. Leader of the FilipinoUprising.

2. U.S. colony until July 4, 1946

Our “Sphere of Influence”

III. The Treaty of Paris: 1898

A Terms

1. Spain gave up Cuba, Puerto Rico and the island of Guam.

2.The U.S. paid Spain$20 mil. for thePhilippines.

The U.S. becomesan imperial power!

B. Platt Amendment (1903)

1. Cuba was not to enter into any agreements with foreign powers.

2. The U.S. could intervene in Cuban affairs

3. Cuba must lease Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. for naval and coaling station.

Cuban Independence?

Senator Orville Platt

C. The American Anti-Imperialist League

Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, and WilliamJennings Bryan amongthe leaders.

1. Against annexation of Philippines and allacts of imperialism.

Puerto Rico: 1898A. 1917 – Jones Act1. Gave territorial status to PR

2. Granted U.S. citizenship

PRs will hold convention

to decide whether they

want to apply for statehood

soon.