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SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
WAS IT JUSTIFIED?
“A splendid little war”
• 19 April 1898
• 14 August 1898
– Protocol of Peace
CUBA
Cuban Independence
Jose Marti, leader of Cuban
independence against Spain
Spain's Reconcentrado
policy in Cuba 1896-97
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225,000
people
dead
six months
The De Lome Letter
• Besides the natural and
inevitable coarseness
with which he (McKinley,
President of the United
States) repeats all that
the press and public
opinion of Spain has said
of Weyler, it shows once
more what McKinley is:
weak and catering to the
rabble, and, besides, a
low politician, who
desires to leave a door
open to me and to stand
well with the jingoes of
his party.
• REMEMBER
THE MAINE!
Yellow Journalism
Journalistic reports that feature
scandal-mongering,
sensationalistic stories written by
unethical or unprofessional
journalists or by news media
organizations.
Yellow Journalism
Joseph Pulitzer 1883
New York World
Yellow Journalism
William Randolph Hearst 1895
New York Journal
Why “Yellow” Journalism?
The most popular
cartoon was called
“Hogan’s Alley” which
featured a popular
character called
“the yellow kid”
Yellow Journalism
Pulitzer wanted to get 2 sets of
readers for his World paper:
1. Those who are interested in
real news
2. Those who want sensational
and human interest stories
Yellow Journalism
Both papers focused on:
Human interest stories
ANGELINA JOLIE
VISITS REFUGEES IN
INDIA
The newspapers reports about
Cuba were important in getting
Americans to go to war with
Spain.
Fighting in Cuba
MYTH ONE: THE ROUGH
RIDERS, LED BY TEDDY ROOSEVELT, WON THE BATTLE OF SAN
JUAN HILL
• TRUTH – BUFFALO SOLDIERS
(INFANTRY) VERY IMPORTANT
TRUTH: Buffalo Soldiers
MYTH 2: SJH WAS MOST
IMPORTANT BATTLE
• TRUTH: Santiago naval battle
AFTER THE WAR
• TELLER AMENDMENT TO THE
DECLARATION OF WAR:
– CUBA IS A FREE NATION
• PLATT AMENDMENT:
No independent foreign or economic
policy; USA may intervene
Guantanamo Bay leased as a coaling
station
That Battleship of Maine
Recorded by the New Lost
City Ramblers
McKinley called for
volunteers,
I went and got my gun,
First Spaniard I saw coming,
I dropped my gun and run,
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
chorus:
At war with that great nation Spain
When I get back to Spain
l want to honor my name,
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
Why are you running,
Are you afraid to die?
The reason that I'm running
Is because I cannot fly
It was all about that Battleship of
Maine
The blood was a-running
And l was running too,
I give my feet good exercise
I had nothing else to do
It was all about that Battleship
of Maine.
When they were a'chasing me,
I fell down on my knees,
First thing I cast my eyes upon
Was a great big pot of pea,
It was all about that Battleship of
Maine.
The peas they were greasy,
The meat it was fat.
The boys was fighting Spaniards
While I was fighting that,
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.