1. AMERICA BECOMES A
GLOBAL POWER
(1867-1919)

2. Should the United States
intervene in the affairs of another
country?

3. I can describe the causes and effects of
the Spanish American War.
Learning Target

4. Cubans Rebel Against Spain
Beginning in 1868, Cubans
launched a series of
unsuccessful revolts
against Spain.
Spain responded by exiling
the revolutionary leaders,
including Jose Marti who
continued to agitate for
independence fromNew
York.

5. The 2nd
War for Independence
In February 1895, Jose Marti
returned to Cuba to lead a
second struggle for
independence.
 Deliberately destroyed property,
especially American-owned mills &
plantations.
 Hoped to provoke American
intervention.
 Died in the struggle, becoming an
instant hero.

6. The Spanish Response
Spanish general Valeriano
Weylertried to crush the
rebellion by moving the
Cuban population into
concentration camps.
 300,000 Cubans were moved &
thousands died fromhunger&
disease.
 Convinced many Americans to
support the rebel cause.

7. War Fever Escalates
Weyler’s actions fueled a
headline warbetween
William Randolph Hearst &
Joseph Pulitzer.
 They printed exaggerated
accounts of events that came to
be known as yellow journalism.
 Hearst is quoted as saying, “You
furnish the pictures, I’ll furnish
the war!”

8. War Fever Escalates
A letterwritten by Spanish ministerEnrique Dupoy
de Lome that ridiculed President McKinley was
published in the New YorkTimes.
Days later, the battleship USSMaineblew up in
Havana Harbor, killing 260 American soldiers.
 Although there was no proof, the explosion was blamed the
Spanish & Hearst offered a $50,000 reward forthe capture of the
man responsible.
The US formally declared warin April 1898.

9. Remember the Maine!

10. Bill of Fare

11. The War in the Philippines
The first battle of the
Spanish American War
tookplace in the
Philippines.
 Within hours, Commodore
George Dewey had destroyed
every Spanish ship.
 Two months later, Spain
surrendered the islands.

12. The War in Cuba
The US WarDepartment was unprepared forwarin
Cuba.
The American strategy was to control the port city
of Santiago.
Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders helped gain control
of the city at the Battle of San Juan Hill.
The US Navy sankthe entire Spanish fleet off the coast
of Cuba.

13. The Battle of San Juan Hill

14. Results of the War
Spain gave up all claims to
Cuba.
The United States gained
territory in Puerto Rico &
Guam.
Spain turned overthe
Philippines for$20 million.
Territorial gains strengthened
the military & economic
position of the United States.

15. A Quiet Little Game