REASONS FOR U.S. ENTRY
American Business Interests in Cuba
Jingoism (Extreme Nationalism)
Yellow Journalism
Explosion of the USS Maine
Outrage over the DeLôme Letter
Humanitarian Concerns Over Cuba
Desire for Naval Bases
Desire to Eliminate Spain from
Western Hemisphere
Theodore Roosevelt in his “Rough Rider” Uniform
Results of the Spanish-American War
Spain lost last colonies… removed from
Western Hemisphere
U.S. acquired colonies (Philippines,
Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.)
Tradition of Isolationism is Broken
U.S. recognized as a world power
U.S. ends up spending more money &
lives putting down Filipino Insurrection
Sets precedent for intervention & use of
force in Latin American affairs
Opened markets in Cuba and elsewhere
CUBA PUERTO RICO GUAM
PHILIPPINES