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The Spanish-American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America.

Remember the Maine!

The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895.

Spain's brutally repressive measures to halt the rebellion were graphically portrayed for the U.S. public by several sensational newspapers, and American sympathy for the Cuban rebels rose.

The growing popular demand for U.S. intervention became an insistent chorus after the still-unexplained sinking in Havana harbor of the American battleship USS Maine, which had been sent to protect U.S. citizens and property after anti-Spanish rioting in Havana.

War Is Declared

Spain announced an armistice on April 9 and speeded up its new program to grant Cuba limited powers of self-government.

But the U.S. Congress soon afterward issued resolutions that declared Cuba's right to independence, demanded the withdrawal of Spain's armed forces from the island, and authorized the use of force by President William McKinley to secure that withdrawal while renouncing any U.S. design for annexing Cuba.

Spain declared war on the United States on April 24, followed by a U.S. declaration of war on the 25th, which was made retroactive to April 21.

Spanish-American War Begins

The ensuing war was pathetically one-sided, since Spain had readied neither its army nor its navy for a distant war with the formidable power of the United States.

Commo. George Dewey led a U.S. naval squadron into Manila Bay in the Philippines on May 1, 1898, and destroyed the anchored Spanish fleet in a leisurely morning engagement that cost only seven American seamen wounded. Manila itself was occupied by U.S. troops by August.

The elusive Spanish Caribbean fleet under Adm. Pascual Cervera was located in Santiago harbour in Cuba by U.S. reconnaissance. An army of regular troops and volunteers under Gen. William Shafter (including Theodore Roosevelt and his 1st Volunteer Cavalry, the "Rough Riders") landed on the coast east of Santiago and slowly advanced on the city in an effort to force Cervera's fleet out of the harbour.

Cervera led his squadron out of Santiago on July 3 and tried to escape westward along the coast. In the ensuing battle all of his ships came under heavy fire from U.S. guns and were beached in a burning or sinking condition.

Santiago surrendered to Shafter on July 17, thus effectively ending the brief but momentous war.

Treaty of Paris

By the Treaty of Paris (signed Dec. 10, 1898), Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20 million.

The Spanish-American War was an important turning point in the history of both antagonists. Spain's defeat decisively turned the nation's attention away from its overseas colonial adventures and inward upon its domestic needs, a process that led to both a cultural and a literary renaissance and two decades of much-needed economic development in Spain.

The victorious United States, on the other hand, emerged from the war a world power with far-flung overseas possessions and a new stake in international politics that would soon lead it to play a determining role in the affairs of Europe and the rest of the globe.

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The Spanish-American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895.

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1. Who founded Jamestown?

a. Virginia Company of Paris

b. The New England Company of London

c. The New England Company of Paris

d. The Virginia Company of London

2. What was a result of the Louisiana Purchase?

a. It doubled the size of the US

b. It caused a war between France and the US

c. The US gained control of the Mississippi River

d. A and C

3. True or false? The Louisiana Purchase cost $3,750,000

4. Why did Texas want to gain its independence from Mexico?

a. They wanted to become a slave state

b. General Antonio Santa Anna assumed power over the Mexican government and tightened his control over Texas

c. For better farming opportunities

d. They didn't want independence from Mexico

5. Why did it take the US so long to annex Texas?

a. Northerners knew Texas would be admitted as a slave state and didn't want to add to slavery.

b. The US and Mexico were in the middle of a war

c. Texas was hesitant about becoming a US territory

d. None of the above

6. Who had previously controlled  Oregon?

a. France

b. Great Britain

c. Spain

d. Mexico

7. What countries previously controlled the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico?

a. Spain

b. England

c. Germany

d. Mexico

8. What war caused the US to eventually gain control of those territories?

a. The War of 1812

b. World War I

c. The Spanish-American War

d. The Civil War

9. True or false? The Panama Canal kept ships from having to sail around South America.

10. When did the US acquire Alaska from Russia?

a. 1876

b. 1857

c. 1867

d. 1877

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Chase Taylor Annexation of Texas and the Mexican Cession

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Chase Taylor Annexation of Texas and the Mexican Cession

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a. Mexico previously controlled Texas before texas got its independence in 1845.

b. Texas wanted its independence from Mexico because General Antonio Santa Anna assumed power over the Mexican government and tightened his control over Texas.

c. It took the US almost 20 years to Annex Texas because northerners knew that texas would be admitted as a slave state.

d. The Mexican American War began as a result of the Annexation of Texas.

e. Mexico ended the war with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848.

f. The modern states US gained from this war was parts of New Mexico and Arizona, and whole states of California, Utah, and Nevada.

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panama canal

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Beginning in 1843, thousands of US settlers moved to Oregon seeking a better life.

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Lousina Purchase

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a. The Spanish previously controlled Florida before the US had control.

b. Andrew Jackson's army invaded Spanish Florida and fought against the Seminoles. Jackson was successful in his attacks and he played a major role in acquiring Florida.

c. Florida made a treaty that officially gave Florida to the US, this treaty was called the Adams-Onis Treaty.

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Jamestown

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a. Who purchased it?- America

b. From what country?- France

c. How much did it coast?- 3,750,000

d. What were the 2 major results of the purchase?- 1.double size of country 2. Gained controle of the Mississippi river

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The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States.

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Oregon was originally controlled by Great Britain. Eventually, the US accepted a treaty declaring the 49th parallel as the US boundary for Oregon and in 1846 Oregon became an official US territory.

Spain originally controlled Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and Hawaii. After the Spanish-American War, the US gained control of those lands. Many Americans thought it was crucial for protecting US economic interests in Southeast Asia. However, some Americans also thought it would undermine democracy and cause future wars in the Pacific.

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The United States got Alaska from Russia in 1867. William Seward negotiated the purchase but most people thought is was foolish because they believed it was unhabitable.

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1. Jamestown was founded by the Virginia Company of London. Founded for money

2.Massachusetts Bay was founded by a group of puritan refugees. Was founded for religious freedom

3.Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams. Was founded for religious freedom

4.Pennsylvania was founded by the Dutch.

5.New York and New Jersey were founded by the Dutch West India Company.

6.South Carolina was founded by 8 nobles with Royal Charter From Charles II. Founded for agricultural reasons

7.Georgia was founded by James Edward Oglethrope. Founded for second chance prisoners

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In exchange for helping Panama win their independence from Colombia the US got the right to lease the land needed for the canal. This allowed ships to travel between us territories in the Pacific and the Atlantic without going around South America.