The war

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  1. 4. A group of people that don't believe that their nation should expand its influence
  2. 7. A group of people that believe that their nation should expand its influence outside its border, some people in this group would grow greatly as a result of the Spanish American war.
  3. 9. This was sunk and the US wrongfully assumed that the Spanish were the cause. This led to the Spanish American war.
  4. 11. An island that had been found by Spain and been made into a military outpost for 400 years. It then had an independence movement that succeeded and America came and took control after the Spanish American war.
  5. 13. Doctrine that asked that Europeans not increase their influence or recolonize any part of the Western Hemisphere.
  6. 14. A unit that has great political and/or economic influence on the rest of the world. America became this after the Spanish American war.
  7. 15. Ceded to America After the Spanish lost the Spanish American war.
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  1. 1. Gained independence during the war however America forced them to add the Platt Amendment to their constitution. Allowing America to intervene militarily if US economic interests were threatened.
  2. 2. The ideology that it is America's god given right to expand to the west. This ideology would lead to great support for the SPanish American war.
  3. 3. The foreign policy stating that the nation should use aggressive means when dealing with outside nations, whether that is war or just threats. This ideology Would be very prevalent when it came to the support for the spanish american war and WW1.
  4. 5. We felt great sympathy to these people so we attempted to help them gain independence.
  5. 6. A private letter between a Spanish ambassador and a friend calling the US president weak. This would be one of the reasons we declared war.
  6. 8. Ceded to America After the spanish lost the Spanish American war.
  7. 10. One of the units active during the Spanish American war. Consisted of cavalry and was one of the most famous units fighting in Cuba and was under the command of Theodore roosevelt.
  8. 12. A style of journalism that was focused on making eye catching newspaper stories as opposed to telling the truth. They would often exaggerate or just lie and this led to US citizens supporting war with Spain.