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= **Spanish American War** =



Answer the questions below by clicking on the appropriate links.

[|Chronology]

1. What was the name of book written by Alfred Mahan? 2. What did the book suggest? 3. What did President Cleveland issue in 1895? 4. What did President Cleveland state on December 7, 1896? 5. How do William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer influence American public opinion? 6. What position did Theodore Roosevelt hold in 1897? 7. What did the US do on March 29, 1898? 8. What happened on April 25 1898? 9. When was the peace protocol that ended all hostilities between Spain and the United States in the war fronts of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines signed? 10. What were the terms of the Treaty of Peace signed in Paris?

[|The sinking of the USS Maine] 11. When did the //USS Maine// sink? 12. What did William Hearst do in response to the sinking of the Maine? 13. What did the US Naval Court of Inquiry find? 14. What does recent research regarding the sinking of the Maine suggest?

[|Leaders and Battles] 15. Name 4 American leaders involved in the Spanish-American War. 16. Name the 5 battleships active during the Spanish-American War. 17. What is an armored cruiser? 18. Identify 5 Spanish ships active during the Spanish-American War.

[|Peace Treaty] 19. When did Congress approve the treaty? 20. What were the terms of the Platt Amendment?