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OpenStax

Open Stax: Foreign Policy 1890 1914: Spanish American War and Overseas Empire

For Students 11th - 12th
Looks at the development and evolution of the Spanish-American War, at Americans' views on imperialism at the end of this war, and at the relationship of this war with America's other international interests.
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History Tools

History Tools: Perspectives on the Spanish American War 1898 1899 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides excerpts from a series of five historical documents on the Spanish-American War that discuss American expansion, policy decisions, and the goals and outcome of the war.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: The Spanish American War in the Philippines (1898)

For Students 9th - 10th
After giving a general summary of the Spanish-American War in the Western Hemisphere, the course of the war as waged in the Philippines is explained. See how the Philippines was annexed to the United States.
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History of American Wars

History of American Wars: Causes of the Spanish American War 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline showing the events between 1800 and 1898 that led to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1890 1945: The Age of Empire: Spanish American War

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the causes, events, and consequences of the Spanish-American War and how the United States acquired several territories in the aftermath. Includes questions for students at end.
Primary
Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Spanish Account of the Battle for El Caney

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish-American War primary source informs about the Battle of El Caney from the perspective of the Spanish naval officer, Jose Muller Tejeira who witnessed the campaign.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Captain George F. Elliott: Fight at Cuzco: Follow Up Report

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow-up report by Captain George F. Elliott on the fight at Cuzco Well during the Spanish-American War. This report attempts to correct errors made in the first report sent by Captain George F. Elliot.
Primary
Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Newspapers Report on Camp Wikoff

For Students 9th - 10th
Newspaper article reports on the conditions of Camp Wikoff on Montauk Island, New York, where men serving in the Spanish-American War recovered from disease or injury.
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Library of Congress

Loc: World of 1898: The Spanish American War: Teller and Platt Amendments

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this site to read about the Teller Amendment and the subsequent Platt Amendment, which dealt with American control over Cuba after the Spanish-American War.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Uss Winslow in Action

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish American War Centennial Website presents primary source material about the events of the USS Winslow during the Spanish-American War.
Primary
Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Attempt to Raise the Cristobal Colon

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish-American War era newspaper article on the attempts to raise the wrecked ship, Cristobal Colon, whiched proved a failure. Links to photos of the undersea divable ruins of the ship shows what it looks like today.
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Library of Congress

Loc: World of 1898: Spanish American War: Puerto Rico in 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a brief history of Puerto Rico, its role in the Spanish-American War, and its becoming a U.S. territory.
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Other

Philippine American War: The 1898 Treaty of Paris

For Students 9th - 10th
A flow-chart showing the discussion of terms of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Spanish-American War.
Website
Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Spanish Soldiers Praise the Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Letter from a Spanish soldier to soldiers of the American Army after the Spanish defeat in Cuba.
Primary
Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Passing of San Juan Hill

For Students 9th - 10th
An account by war correspondent, Richard Harding Davis, who revisited and described the San Juan area 12 years after the battle.
Primary
Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Lt. c.s. Meaker: 1st Vermont: Writes Home From Camp Thomas

For Students 9th - 10th
Letter written from Camp Thomas on the Civil War battlefield of Chickamauga by Lt. C.S. Meaker, of the 1st Vermont Volunteer Infantry. The letter was written after the surrender of Santiago on July 17, but prior the amristice between the...
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Campaign in Cuba: Sergeant John J. Turner, Usv

For Students 9th - 10th
An article written by Sergeant John J. Turner appeared in the June 28, 1918 issue of the Beverly Evening Times, Beverly, Massachusetts. Edited for punctuation and clarity.
Primary
Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Transport Yucatan Nearly Rams the Matteawan!

For Students 9th - 10th
An account details, with photo, the event that occurred while General Shafter's Fifth Corps was on its way to Cuba, when transport YUCATAN nearly rammed the transport MATTEAWAN.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Letter From Private Harold Booth: First New York Volunteer Infantry

For Students 9th - 10th
Copy of a letter from Private Harold Booth, 1st New York Volunteer Infantry, dated September 10, 1898 from Honolulu, Hawaii. Booth was stationed at Camp McKinley, the first US military post in the Hawaiian Islands.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Darkness and Light, the Interwar Years 1865 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers a good look at the reorganization and use of the U.S. military in the years betwee the end of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.
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University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade of the Spanish Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting look at the Lincoln Brigade and those who served in it fighting in Spain against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War.
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War Times Journal

War Times Journal: The Battle of Manila Bay by Admiral George Dewey

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating account of the famous naval battle by the American naval commander himself, Admiral Dewey.
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US Department of State

Office of the Historian: u.s. Diplomacy and Yellow Journalism

For Students 9th - 10th
"You furnish the pictures, I'll provide the war!" was a quote said by William Randolph Hearst in the time leading up to the Spanish-American War. Learn how yellow journalism led to international conflict and was one cause of the...
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Other

Yellow Journalism and James Creelman

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Frederick A. Moritz tells the biography of a yellow journalist, James Creelman. Learn more about yellow journalism during the Spanish-American War and the Sino-Japanese Wars and the impact yellow journalism played in world affairs.

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