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Philippine Annexation

Yellow Journalism

USS Maine

William McKinley

General V. Weyler

Rough Riders

Remember the Maine

Imperialism

Pacific island nation that came under American imperial control after the Spanish-American War.

This was the rallying cry during the Spanish-American War because of the sinking of this ship in Havana on February 15, 1898.

This was a regiment in the Spanish-American War organized and led by Theodore Roosevelt that included cowboys, miners, policemen, and college athletes.

This was the use of sensationalized news in newspaper publishing to attract readers and increase circulation.

This is the battleship that was sunk in a Cuban port in 1898 by Spain, which began the Spanish-American War.

Battleship U.S.S. Maine blew up in Havana Harbor during my presidency.

Establishing colonies and building empires

Ordered Cuban men, women, and children into "reconcentration camps" where 1/8 died.