Spanish-American War

By taylor_s12
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    This was Americas way of gaining land. The point of this was to become a world power.
  • Yellow Journalism

    Yellow Journalism

    Journalist overexagerated the truth in the stories they made. This caused drama between Spain and the U.S.
  • Gerneral Valeriano Weyler

    Gerneral Valeriano Weyler

    He was sent by Spain to Cuba and created the prison camps for the rebels. Many Cuban's died at these camps due to poor treatment.

  • Emilio Aguinaldo

    The U.S promised Emilio that if he helped defeat spain that the Philippines will be free after the war and the U.S lied and emilio rebeled against the U.S.
  • Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

    Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

    The U.S and the philippines joined to defeat spain in the war. This was the first Calvary army in the U.S.

  • President Mckinley

    President Mckinley was disrespected by spain the the yellow papers and this made the U.S want to go to war.
  • de' Lome letter

    de' Lome letter

    This was a letter bad mouthing the president of the U.S, president Mckinley. This was one of the causes of the Spanish- American War. Published by yellow journalism.
  • USS Maine

    USS Maine

    A ship in cuba explodes and the U.S blames Spain for it, they then declare war with Spain.