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Spanish - American War Webquest
Directions:
1. Use the interactive worksheet below to answer the questions on a seperate sheet of paper.
2. Text for each question is hyper linked.
3. Worksheets are due by the end of the class period.
Questions
Spanish American War Webquest
c.) and what were the symptoms?
d.) what is the treatment for this disease?
e.) what is the Expectations (prognosis) for this disease
In April 1898 Senator Henry M. Teller (Colorado) proposed an amendment to the U.S. declaration of war against Spain. What did this amendment say? What was the Platt Amendment?
22. What political position did Roosevelt win initially after his return from Cuba?
23. Why was Tampa, Florida chosen as a staging grounds?
24. Why was George Dewey famous?
25. With the signing of the Treaty of Paris what former Spanish colonies did the U.S. acquire?
26. According to historians, what were the roots of the Philippine Revolution?
27. When the United States refused to give the Philippines their independence, who led the Filipino forces in opposition to the U.S.? What kind of
war was it?
28. Who ratifies treaties and what percent of a vote does ratification require?
1. Use the interactive worksheet below to answer the questions on a seperate sheet of paper.
2. Text for each question is hyper linked.
3. Worksheets are due by the end of the class period.
Questions
Spanish American War Webquest
- What did the Cespedes Constitution of 1869 call for?
- What was the Ten Years War most serious problem?
- Why is Fredrick Jackson Turner's thesis an important concept to the Spanish-American War?
- Why was the US able to pay attention to the Cuban Independence Movement of the 1890's?
- What were the specifics of General Weyler's Reconcentration Policy?
- According to historians, what were the roots of the Philippine Revolution?
- What was Katipunan?
- Yellow Journals are a form of Yellow Journalism. What was the intent of Yellow journals?
- Who is called the "father of Yellow Journalism"? Why?
- Explore the Headline Gallery and select one of the samples. Write down the headline. Explain how this might have inflamed American passions for war.
- McKinley begins to be called upon by people, such as William Randolph Hearst, to do something about the atrocities occurring in Cuba. What is McKinley's response?
- Why did Roosevelt say, "I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one."
- Who commanded the "Rough Riders", and what was this unit's official name?
- John Hay, Secretary of State, wrote a letter to Theodore Roosevelt describing the Spanish-American war as "________________________________________"
- Why did McKinley ask Congress for money in December of 1897? How much did the President himself donate?
- What was the headline in the New York Journal covering the De Lome Letter?
- Describe the reward offered for the "detection of the Perpetrator of the Maine Outrage." (How much, and who posted it?) What new evidence suggests the explosion may have been an accident?
- When did Congress declare war? When did the war officially end?
- Private Manning, a member of the 33rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry, was the first soldier of the war to have what?
- How effective was the Dynamite Gun used in the Spanish American War? (Describe briefly how well it worked.)
- a.) What disease caused more American casualties in Cuba than Spanish bullets?
c.) and what were the symptoms?
d.) what is the treatment for this disease?
e.) what is the Expectations (prognosis) for this disease
In April 1898 Senator Henry M. Teller (Colorado) proposed an amendment to the U.S. declaration of war against Spain. What did this amendment say? What was the Platt Amendment?
22. What political position did Roosevelt win initially after his return from Cuba?
23. Why was Tampa, Florida chosen as a staging grounds?
24. Why was George Dewey famous?
25. With the signing of the Treaty of Paris what former Spanish colonies did the U.S. acquire?
26. According to historians, what were the roots of the Philippine Revolution?
27. When the United States refused to give the Philippines their independence, who led the Filipino forces in opposition to the U.S.? What kind of
war was it?
28. Who ratifies treaties and what percent of a vote does ratification require?