· Explosion of the Maine – The USS Maine exploded in the Caribbean, and while initial reports blamed the Spanish for it, it is widely believed to have just been an internal error. The sinking was the main cause of the Spanish-American War · General Weyler – Governor of Cuba who used concentration camps to attack rebels. · Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901 – Nullified the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and gave the US the right to create and control a canal across Central America ·
He criticized the Spanish government and the way it controlled Cuba. Through yellow Journalism and anti-Spanish propaganda Hearst was able to upset the America public, and put the United States against Spain. Revolts against Spain had been occurring in Cuba for Some time. Then February 15th 1898 the USS Maine mysteriously sank in Havana harbor. This was all the America public needed.
CIA Beach Party: The Bay of Pigs By: Lee Mcginnis [pic] The United States Central Intelligence Agency spent its first two decades dealing with Communist incursions into western spheres of power in the same way: over throwing foreign governments from within. This response was the US golden standard until the CIA decided to try this against the great white whale of Communism in the western hemisphere: Castro’s Cuba. This doomed to fail from the start plan was executed in a series of errors that led several hundred Cuban exiles to slaughter against Cuba’s Military and bring the world to the brink of nuclear Armageddon and signal a falling out of favor of the CIA among American government for the next twenty years until the Soviet
In 1898 the Spanish- American war began when America decided to liberate the Spanish colonies Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. The US won and gained control of the colonies, although instead of liberating the colonies they had fought to free and continue the fight against imperialism they became what they had been telling the world that they resented, an empire. This was the first step the US took towards becoming the world’s toughest police officer. After the First World War was won, President Wilson proposed 14 points at the meeting in Versailles that the rest of the world should follow to gain stability and peace in the world. This was the second step.
How damaging was the Bay of Pigs for Kennedy’s presidency? First of all one should know what the Bay of Pigs was. The Bay of Pigs was an action the United States took; they invaded Cuba willing to overthrow Cuba’s dictator, Fidel Castro and his government. The attack was made 3 months after Kennedy became President. Cuba defeated the US in 3 days, they knew that the US was going to invade them and they got ready for it.
After this war, Spain assured improvements, but the nationalists did not believe they would cooperate. In 1895 when another rebellion led by Cuban nationalists took action, the Spaniards sent about 200,000 soldiers to Cuba. The Cubans reacted by damaging any property that belonged to Spain such as the sugar mills and fields hoping this would make the Spaniards retrieve their land or so the U.S can intervene in this disaster. A year later, Spain sent General Weyler to put down those nationalists in Cuba. He decided to build concentration camps and
“Remember the Maine” – Havana Harbor E. Declaration of War (April 1898)- Teller Amendment – Cuba would be free and independent F. Battles- 1. San Juan Hill, Santiago – T.R. and the Rough Riders 2. Manila Bay, Philippines – Admiral Dewey 3. San Juan, Puerto Rico G. Paris Peace Treaty 1898- America gets Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam Imperialism – The Debate A. Pro-Imperialism (Sen. Beveridge, Teddy Roosevelt) 1.
Hawaii Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines were all Spanish colonies before the Spanish American war. TRUE Which of the following observations would most closely and accurately describe the viewpoint of the artist who drew the cartoon shown above? President McKinley should turn his attention from foreign adventures and imperialism to much more important and pressing issues at home Why was American expansion of the 1890’s different from earlier expansionist moves? It would create economic and military colonies
On the night of February 15, an explosion tore through the ship’s hull, and the Maine went down. Sober observers and an initial report by the colonial government of Cuba concluded that the explosion had occurred on board, but Hearst and Pulitzer, who had for several years been selling papers by fanning anti-Spanish public opinion in the United States, published rumors of plots to sink the ship (Bob Erkinson). When a U.S. naval investigation later
After the War of Independence in 1898, Spain had surrendered to the United States of America for control over the affairs of Cuba, through the signing of the Treaty of Paris. As a result, the United States became actively involved in the development of Cuba. The article, “Cuban Revolution: Regional and International Impact (1959-1983)”reinforces this by stating “The United States became a surrogate mother country and thus, America became Cuba’s major trading partner by investing in the Cuban sugar industry.” Due to the fact that Spain was no longer dominant but “obsolete” over the foreign and domestic affairs of Cuba, it means that it was up to the