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The Spanish- American War
Terms & NamesTerms & NamesMAIN IDEAMAIN IDEA Jos Mart Valeriano Weyler yellow journalism Maine George Dewey Rough Riders San Juan Hill Treaty of ParisIn 1898, the United Stateswent to war to help Cuba winits independence from involvement in LatinAmerica and Asia increasedgreatly as a result of the warand continues IT MATTERS NOWWHY IT MATTERS NOWE arly in 1896, James Creelman traveled to Cuba as a New YorkWorldreporter, covering the second Cuban war for independ-ence from Spain. While in Havana, he wrote columns about hisobservations of the war. His descriptions of Spanish atrocitiesaroused American sympathy for PERSONALVOICEJAMES CREELMAN No man s life, no man s property is safe [in Cuba]. Americancitizens are imprisoned or slain without cause. American prop-erty is destroyed on all sides.. Wounded soldiers can befound begging in the streets of Havana.. The horrors of abarbarous struggle for the extermination of the native popula-tion are witnessed in all parts of the country.
property. On February 15, 1898, the ship blew up in the harbor of Havana. More than 260 men were killed. At the time, no one really knew why the ship exploded. In 1898, however, American newspapers claimed the Spanish had blown up the ship. The Journal’s headline read “The warship Maine was split in two by an enemy’s secret infernal ...
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