1-10. The Spanish-American War and the Filipino InsurgencyKey Terms Cuba Libre Yellow Journalism USS MaineRoughriders Platt Amendment San Juan HillManila Bay Emiliano Aguinaldo Balangiga MassacreI. Cuba1. The Rebellion against Spanish Control2. Yellow Journalism-William Randolph Hearst-Joseph Pulitzer3. “Remember the Maine”-Teddy Roosevelt's Rough-Riders storm San Juan Hill4. The Platt AmendmentII. The Philippines1. The Insurrection against Catholic Priests2. Guam, Manila Bay3. The American Occupation4. Filipinos Turn Against Americans-Emiliano Aguinaldo-Balangiga Massacre-Racism and War CrimesI. Cuba- Jose Marti, leader of Cuba, The Libre Movement - Moved to New York- Weiler- Americans called him butcher- Cuban Revolutionaries caught him- Yellow Journalism- William Randolph Hearst- Joseph Pulitzer- Spanish evil, Cubans innocent, fake story produced by yellow Pulitzer- “Remember the Maine”- ship explodes, everyone thinks it was b/c of Spanish- President McKinley was thought of as soft and wouldn’t do anything about the Spanish bomb- U.S. declares war on Spain 1898- Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough riders storm San Juan Hill- U.S. colored troops also stormed San Juan Hill- Rough riders brought photographers with them, they became the popular troops because of this- Many troops died from battle and dieses- War was to take over the sugar fields- The Platt Amendment- Cuba cannot make a treaty without American approval, theU.S. military can intervene in Cuba whenever, U.S. owns Gitmo bay- price Cubans had to pay for American occupation to end- Not independent, owned by U.S.II. The Philippines- The Insurrection against Catholic Priests- Spanish Navy at Manila Bay- Emiliano Aguinaldo- The Catholic church owned most of the land, if people wanted to own land they had to do work for the priests- People killed priests b/c of this- Natives overthrew Spanish everywhere except Manila- Dewy and Americans arrive at Manila Bay- Fight between Spanish and Americans, Americans win- Dewy is hero of Philippines fight, 1899- Aguinaldo teamed up with Dewy to overthrow Spanish at Manila- Spanish commander also teamed up with Dewy and staged a fake fight- Spanish “lose” to Americans- McKinley occupies Philippines, doesn’t liberate them like America did for Cuba- Filipinos fought back against the Americans- Balangiga Massacre- Philippian- American war, Filipinos attacked Americans, Americans retreat to their ships- War crimes- General Jacob Smith, got civilians out of city and marines put them in prison, Smith wanted them killed- Aguinaldo brought to U.S., given choice to die or house arrest, chose house