Matching Pairs Spanish-American WarOnline version Key Vocabulary by Jefferson County ESC 1 USS Maine 2 William McKinley 3 Yellow Journalism 4 Philippine Annexation 5 Remember the Maine 6 Rough Riders 7 Imperialism 8 General V. Weyler Battleship U.S.S. Maine blew up in Havana Harbor during my presidency. This was a regiment in the Spanish-American War organized and led by Theodore Roosevelt that included cowboys, miners, policemen, and college athletes. Establishing colonies and building empires This is the battleship that was sunk in a Cuban port in 1898 by Spain, which began the Spanish-American War. This was the use of sensationalized news in newspaper publishing to attract readers and increase circulation. This was the rallying cry during the Spanish-American War because of the sinking of this ship in Havana on February 15, 1898. Ordered Cuban men, women, and children into "reconcentration camps" where 1/8 died. Pacific island nation that came under American imperial control after the Spanish-American War.