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11.2 - World Power (Spanish-American & Philippine-American Wars)

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Cuba
Island nation just south of Florida that was a Spanish colony until the United States secured its independence in the Spanish-American War.
José Martí
Cuban poet and leader of the Cuban independence movement.
Havana
Capital city of Cuba.
USS Maine
American battleship that exploded mysteriously in Havana Harbor. The explosion was the catalyst for the Spanish-American War.
Remember the Maine
Rallying cry during the Spanish-American War.
Explosion of the USS Maine
Event that cause the United States to declare war on Spain in 1898.
Teller Amendment
Amendment to the declaration of war against Spain in 1898 that state that the United States would not annex Cuba.
Splendid Little War
Nickname for the Spanish-American War.
Spanish-American War
1898 conflict with Spain in which the United States won control of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and also won independence for Cuba.
George Dewey
American naval commander at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
Battle of Manila Bay
Naval encounter between American and Spanish ships in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. It was a total victory for the United States.
Rough Riders
Nickname for Theodore Roosevelt's cavalry regiment in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
Smoked Yankees
Nickname for African-American troops during the Spanish-American War.
William Howard Taft
American governor of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War and later president of the United States.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Leader of the Philippine independence movement who fought both the Spanish and the United States.
Philippine-American War
Conflict between the American army and Philippine independence fighters after the Spanish-American War.
Jones Act
1916 law that promised independence for the Philippines.
Treaty of Manila
Treaty that officially granted the Philippines independence in 1946.
Mark Twain
American author of such books as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and famous anti-imperialist.
Treaty of Paris of 1898
Treaty that ended the Spanish-American War and granted the United States control of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.
Puerto Rico
Island in the Caribbean won by the United States from Spain in the Spanish-American War. It remains an American territory.
Guam
Island in Micronesia won by the United States from Spain in the Spanish-American War. It remains an American territory.
Philippines
Island nation in Asia won by the United States from Spain in the Spanish-American War. It was granted independence in 1946.
Platt Amendment
Law passed in 1903 in which the United States claimed the right to intervene in Cuban affairs, to maintain a naval base at Guantanamo, and limited the freedom of Cuba to make treaties without American consent.
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