4 Causes Of The Spanish American War

Question: Name the four causes of the Spanish American War?

Answer: 1. U.S. support of Cuba’s independence

2. To protect U.S. business interests in Cuba

3. Yellow Journalism

4. Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine

Question: Where did the U.S. attack Spain after declaring war on them?

Answer: In the Philippine Islands. Though the U.S. did take Guam first, without a fight, as the U.S.S. Charleston sailed from Hawaii to the Philippines to help Admiral Dewey attack Spain at Manilla Bay

Question: U.S. foreign policy at the time of the Spanish American War was “isolationism”. Did the U.S. go against that policy by declaring war of Spain? Support your answer as to why they did or did not?

Answer: No, because the U.S. believed we were attacked by Spain and were justified in declaring war on them as a result of being attacked.

Question: What was the final battle that gave Cuba their independence from Spain?

Answer: The Battle of San Juan Hill.

Question: What famous fighting group was formed that helped win the Battle of San Juan Hill?

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

Question: What was the results of the Spanish American War?

Answer: 1. Cuba gains their independence from Spain

2. The U.S. gains the Philippine Island, Guam, and Puerto Rico as U.S. territories?

3. U.S. becomes a world power

Question: What independent country did the U.S. Annex during the time of Imperialism

Answer: 1898. But Hawaii was not part of the Spanish American War.

Question: What was Roosevelt’s Corollary?

Answer: An extension to the Monroe Document.

Question: What did Roosevelt’s Corollary say?

Answer: