Final - Spanish American War

Question 1

USS Maine

Answer 1

Maine sank when her forward gunpowder magazines exploded. We blamed Spain

begining of Spanish American War

Question 2

Teddy Roosevelt

Answer 2

Spanish American War
Lieutenant Colonel - Led Rough Riders
later became 26th president

Question 3

Rough Riders

Answer 3

The most famous of all the units fighting in Cuba, the “Rough Riders” was the name given to the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt

a volunteer regiment of cowboys, polo players, and college students in Cuba during the brief conflict of 1898

Question 4

San Juan Hill

Answer 4

the most significant U.S. land victory, and one of the final battles, of the Spanish-American War

In Cuba

Question 5

George Dewey

Answer 5

Navy Admerial - —the day Commodore Dewey and his Asiatic Squadron defeated the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay

Question 6

Yellow Journalism

Answer 6

sensationalized and often exaggerated style of reporting

Question 7

William Randolph Hearst

Answer 7

creating the comic strip syndication business

publisher

Question 8

Joseph Pulitzer

Answer 8

American newspaper editor and publisher who helped to establish the pattern of the modern newspaper

Question 9

Platt Amendment

Answer 9

terms under which the United States would end its military occupation of Cuba

Question 10

Teller Amendment

Answer 10

proclaimed that the United States would not establish permanent control over Cuba