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Number 1. War fought between Spain and the United States in 1898
Correct Answer: Spanish-American War
Number 2. Beginning in 1895, the people of this nation revolted against Spanish rule because of widespread poverty and oppression
Correct Answer: Cuba
Number 3. The published accounts of yellow journalists, (blank), helped generate American support for a war with Spain
Correct Answer: William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer
Number 4. The sudden explosion of this U.S. vessel increased American support for war with Spain
Correct Answer: U.S.S. Maine
Number 5. Amendment passed by the U.S. Congress pledging Cuba their freedom if the United States successfully defeated Spain
Correct Answer: Teller Amendment
Number 6. President during the Spanish-American War
Correct Answer: William McKinley
Number 7. This future president was Assistant Secretary of the Navy at the start of the Spanish-American War and later participated in the war in a cavalry he helped organized
Correct Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Number 8. Calvary organized by Teddy Roosevelt to fight in the Spanish-American War
Correct Answer: Rough Riders
Number 9. Number one killer of American soldiers during the Spanish-American War
Correct Answer: Disease
Number 10. Treaty that ended the Spanish-American War
Correct Answer: Treaty (Pact) of Paris
Number 11. As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired these territories
Correct Answer: Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
Number 12. Amendment that prohibited Cuba from contracting debts and allowed the U.S. to intervene in Cuba when necessary
Correct Answer: Platt Amendment