Spanish-American+War

(this is a Crash Course episode. Watch from 5:47-10:28)
 * **Dates of US Involvement in War: ** || April 25, 1898 - August 12, 1898 ||
 * **Primary Combatants: ** || * Spain
 * United States ||
 * **Long Term Causes of War: ** || * Oppression of the Cubans was a big part of why the US got involved in the war ||
 * **Immediate Events Leading to War: ** || * Unknown cause of the explosion of the //U.S.S. Maine// in Havana Harbor
 * Yellow journalism
 * American support for the Filipinos and Cubans against their Spanish rule ||
 * **Theaters of War: ** || * Cuba
 * Philippines ||
 * **Key Battles: ** || * Battle of Manila Bay
 * Battle of San Juan Heights ||
 * **Major Events of War: ** || * 5/1/1898: US fleet defeats Spanish fleet in the first battle of the war
 * 6/22/1898: US forces land in Cuba
 * 7/17/1898: Spain surrenders in Santiago
 * 8/12/1898: US and Spain sign the Protocol of Peace, which ends the war between them
 * 12/10/1898: The Treaty of Paris is signed
 * 2/6/1899: The Treaty of Paris is ratified by the US Senate ||
 * **The Homefront: ** || * The media employed the "yellow journalism" style of writing, which exaggerated conditions and facts to try to gain American sympathy towards Cuba
 * Women joined the war effort, and were sometimes allowed to work as nurses on the warfront.
 * There was fairly good support for the war in the US, with several men signing up to join the armed forces ||
 * **Peace Treaty: ** || Treaty of Paris:
 * US received the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
 * Spain receives $20 million for its losses
 * US is allowed a portion of land in Cuba to create Guantanamo Bay ||
 * **Long Term Outcomes/Implications of War: ** || The US was established as a diplomatic power and international relationships. This was also the beginning of a new kind of imperialism for America: we no longer wanted to gain land for the ideals of Manifest Destiny, but for industrial purposes. ||
 * **Additional Media to Help Us Understand the War: ** || http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsfoFqsFk4&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s&feature=share&index=29

The USS Maine ||