Thursday November 20, 2014Mr. Goblirsch – U.S. History

OBJECTIVE – Students Will Be Able To – SWBAT:- Analyze the causes, battles, and outcome of the Spanish-

American War.

AGENDA:1) WARM-UP: Propaganda?2) PARTNERS: Spanish-American War Battles3) VIDEO: American Imperialism (18 min)4) CLOSURE: Exit Review

Propaganda? WARM-UP: (Follow the directions below)

***5 Minutes***Analyze the picture to the right.1. Define the term propaganda using

the glossary of the textbook.2. Do you consider this picture to be

Propaganda? How come? OrWhy not?

CHAPTER 10 AMERICA CLAIMS

AN EMPIRE

WAR ERUPTS WITH SPAIN• There was no holding

back those that wanted war with Spain

• Newspapers blamed the Spanish for bombing the U.S.S. Maine (recent investigations have shown it was a fire inside the Maine)

• “Remember the Maine!” became a rallying cry for U.S. intervention in Cuba

SPANISH AMERICAN WAR WEBSDIRECTIONS: Complete the assigned web below. Write a brief description of each of the battles of the war.

Hostilities

Cuban Independence

Wars

AmericanInterests

YellowJournalism /

De Lome Letter

USSMaine

Battles

War in thePhilippines

War in theCaribbean

Rough Riders / San

Juan Hill

Treaty ofParis

Spain cededGuam

Ended theWar; Cuban

Independence

Spain cededPuerto Rico

U.S. bought the

Philippines

THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES

• U.S. forces surprised Spain by attacking the Spanish colony of the Philippines

• 11,000 Americans joined forces with Filipino rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo

• By August, 1898 Spain had surrendered to the U.S. in Manila

THE WAR IN THE CARIBBEAN• A naval blockade of

Cuba was followed by a land invasion highlighted by Roosevelt’s Rough Rider victory at San Juan Hill

• Next, the American Navy destroyed the Spanish fleet and paved the way for an invasion of Puerto Rico (Spanish colony)

Who were the Rough Riders? Who was their leader?

• Rough Riders Teddy Roosevelt resigns as Asst Secretary of the Navy to lead a “Cowboy Cavalry”

•Brought his own photographer

•Teddy’s popularity from this leads to his becoming Vice President and president

U.S. WINS; SIGNS TREATY OF PARIS

• The U.S. and Spain signed an armistice on August 12, 1898, ending what Secretary of State John Hay called “a splendid little war”

• The war lasted only 16 weeks Treaty of Paris, 1898

Treaty of Paris

US SpainPuerto Rico $20 million for Guam “sale of the Philippines Philippines”

CUBA Independence

Imperialism Video Questions1. The cultural superiority idea that whites needed to civilize

and Christianize inferior people was referred to as “___ ___ ___” by a British writer.

2. William Seward’s purchase of Alaska was criticized as “Seward’s Folly” and “___ ___.”

3. The American government set up in Hawaii was headed by ___ ___.

4. Cuban rebel ___ ___ led the Cuban resistance against Spain.

5. Filipino rebel Emilio Aguinaldo saw the Spanish-American War as a chance for ___.

6. The U.S. ___ ___ ultimately decided how new territories (Puerto Rico & Philippines) would be handled.

7. Chinese people who opposed foreign influence were referred to as ___ because they practiced martial arts.

8. In 1905, Roosevelt intervened and negotiated peace between ___ and ___.

9. Roosevelt supported the Panamanian revolt in order to build the ___ ___.

10. President Wilson encountered failure in ___ in trying to apply his missionary diplomacy.

Exit ReviewExit Review

• List the three reasons for U.S. Imperialism.

• How did “Yellow journalism” help cause the Spanish American war?

• What did the U.S. “get” from Spain after the war?

• What American gained fame and popularity in the Spanish American war and would later be a U.S. president?

Political cartoon or propaganda?