Write the letter of the term or name that best matches the
description. Not all names and terms will be used.
a. Cuba g. George Dewey
b. José Martí h. Philippine islands
c. San Juan Hill i. Yellow journalism
d. U.S.S. Maine j. William McKinley
e. Rough Riders k. General Valeriano Weyler
f. De Lome Letter
____ 1. He asked Congress to declare war on Spain.
____ 2. This volunteer cavalry unit fought in a famous land battle in Cuba.
____ 3. This Cuban poet and journalist launched a Cuban revolution in 1895.
____ 4. Soon after it was destroyed, the United States declared war on Spain.
____ 5. This nation gained its independence in the Spanish-American-Cuban War.
____ 6. It criticized the American president, causing American public opinion to turn against Spain.
____ 7. This general forced Cubans to relocate to concentration camps, where thousands of them died.
____ 8. After the war, the United States paid $20 million dollars to Spain for the annexation of this nation.
____ 9. Theodore Roosevelt was declared the hero of this, even though he and his units played only a minor role in its capture.
____ 10. He was the naval commander who led the American forces that steamed into Manila Bay and destroyed the Spanish fleet.