Causes of the Spanish-American War PowerPoint Presentation

PowerPoint presentation: 22 slides

Objective: To examine the causes of the Spanish-American War.

Key Terms and People:

Pan-American Union

Lola Rodriguez de Tió

Jose Martí

General Valeriano Weyler

Yellow Journalism

Joseph Pulitzer

William Randolph Hearst

William McKinley

Battleship Maine

Multimedia:

Audio – Puerto Rican National Anthem, “La Borinqueña”

Audio – “La Guantanamera”

Video – Roosevelt Fights in the Spanish-American War (3:20)

Video – Wreckage of the Battleship Maine (footage)

Video – Burial of the Maine Victims (footage)

Audio – “We Have Remembered the Maine”