Definition Of U.S. History II

The group of volunteers who fought in Cuba under Theodore Roosevelt was the Rough Riders Two men who helped transform the newspaper business during the nineteenth centry were William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer All of the following led to the U.S. decision to declare war on Spain except the Credit Mobilier scandal The sinking of Maine in Havana's harbor was significant because it was a cause for war with Spain The significance of the De Lome letter was that it was considered an insult to President McKinley Sensationalistic journalism affected the nation before the war with Spain by shaping public opinion regarding events in Cuba By terms of the 1898 peace treaty with Spain, the United States acquired all the following except Hawaii Because of the Spanish War, the United States obtained the right to maintain naval bases in Cuba The Teller Amendment, which Congress added to the declaration of war against Spain prohibited the U.S. annexation of Cuba Not among American colonies today is the Phillipines Cuban exiles living in the United States before the war with Spain established a government in exile known as the Cuba Libre People best knew William Hearst in 1898 for printing sensationalistic stories The postwar debate over annexing territories overseas centered on the Philippines The United States still maintains a naval base in Cuba at Guantanamo Under the Platt Amendment, the U.S. established the right to maintain naval bases in Cuba The Cuban economy took a turn downward in the early 1890's because the U.S. Congress passed tariffs that hurt Cuban exports The American president at the time of the Spanish War was William McKinley The American president at the time of the Spanish War was William McKinley The Spanish general Valeriano Weyler alienated many Americans with his reconcentrado policy The first battle of the Spanish War occurred in the Phillipines The U.S. naval commander who caputred the Philippines in 1898 was George Dewey The U.S. Army doctor who helped discover the link between mosquitos and malaria was Walter Reed