Spanish American War
● Long Interest in Cuba
○ Solid Sugarcane crop
○ Largest Island in the caribbean
○ Great economy
○ Close to the US
○ Cuban Rebellion of 1895
● Hearst and Pulitzer
○ 2 of the biggest publishers in New York City
○ Yellow Journalism - controversy leads to cash
○ Clickbait of their time period
○ Pushing the idea of a War
○ Cuba Libre - Free Cuba
● McKinley is president at the time
○ Stays neutral on the topic of getting Cuba
○ Sends war ships just to sit there, A ship blows up on Feb. 15, 1898
● McKinley tries to negotiate with Spain on the explosion, “Remember the Maine”
● People want war, letter is sent from the Spanish Ambassador to the King of Spain
● Letter gets intercepted and translated by Hearst and Pulitzer basically says the McKinley
is a wimp
● “Splendid Little War”, 104 days of war, very short war
● “Rough Riders”, Theodore Rosevelt created this military unit to go fight the Spanish
● Battle of San Juan Hill, charge up with no casualties
○ 349 Americans Died, 5,000 due to Malaria
○ 60,000 Spanish Died
○ 10,000 Cubans Died
● War isn't just in Cuba
● Philippines
○ April 30th, 1898
○ U.S. Navy under the command of Commodore George Dewey
○ 600 Spanish sailors are killed, Spanish Fleet sunk
○ 1 American died from heatstroke
● Talk about keeping Cuba and make is a state, Decided against it
● Cuban Government has no say in what business gets done but the people are free, Not
the same with the Philippines
● Philippine - American War (1898 - 1902)
○ Ends when the Leader of the Philippines surrenders
○ American anti imperial league forms, “should not be imperializing, just focus on
the US itself”
● Long Interest in Cuba
○ Solid Sugarcane crop
○ Largest Island in the caribbean
○ Great economy
○ Close to the US
○ Cuban Rebellion of 1895
● Hearst and Pulitzer
○ 2 of the biggest publishers in New York City
○ Yellow Journalism - controversy leads to cash
○ Clickbait of their time period
○ Pushing the idea of a War
○ Cuba Libre - Free Cuba
● McKinley is president at the time
○ Stays neutral on the topic of getting Cuba
○ Sends war ships just to sit there, A ship blows up on Feb. 15, 1898
● McKinley tries to negotiate with Spain on the explosion, “Remember the Maine”
● People want war, letter is sent from the Spanish Ambassador to the King of Spain
● Letter gets intercepted and translated by Hearst and Pulitzer basically says the McKinley
is a wimp
● “Splendid Little War”, 104 days of war, very short war
● “Rough Riders”, Theodore Rosevelt created this military unit to go fight the Spanish
● Battle of San Juan Hill, charge up with no casualties
○ 349 Americans Died, 5,000 due to Malaria
○ 60,000 Spanish Died
○ 10,000 Cubans Died
● War isn't just in Cuba
● Philippines
○ April 30th, 1898
○ U.S. Navy under the command of Commodore George Dewey
○ 600 Spanish sailors are killed, Spanish Fleet sunk
○ 1 American died from heatstroke
● Talk about keeping Cuba and make is a state, Decided against it
● Cuban Government has no say in what business gets done but the people are free, Not
the same with the Philippines
● Philippine - American War (1898 - 1902)
○ Ends when the Leader of the Philippines surrenders
○ American anti imperial league forms, “should not be imperializing, just focus on
the US itself”
