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Packet Six        Step 4   The Spanish American War

Directions:  After completing pages 624 to 630, complete each part of the worksheet.  Please use complete sentences unless otherwise directed.  

1.  What events in Cuba before 1898 increased American interest in that Spanish colony?  (Identify at least two).

2.  What role did the media ( newspapers) play in the growing cry for American intervention in Cuba?

3.  Why did the United States declare war on Spain?  (Please include at least one long term and one short term cause)

Go  to the back of the sheet.
4.  Identify and describe at least four events which led to an American victory in the war. (Be sure to include dates and the important people involved).  You do not have to use complete sentences)

  Event                                      Date, people, what happened, how it led to victory

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

5.   Identify and describe FIVE results of the Spanish American War.  (you can put one on each line.)