1. Spanish and Americans
   Americans and the Cubans
2. Spanish-Americans and Dominicans

Hey, it doesn't hurt to start with the basics.

1. 1910
   1898
2. 1870

Right before the turn of the century, the Spanish American-War began.

1. Nicaragua
   Cuba
2. Puerto Rico

Cuba had begun fomenting rebellion, and Spain was not having it.

1. a statue of an olive tree
   Teddy Roosevelt
2. a U.S. battleship

Because there were riots in Cuba, the U.S. ship was in some ways a way to stand with Spain.

1. the USS Castro
   the USS Maine
2. the USS Henry

The Maine became an important instigator in the war.

1. Nobody cared.
   the Spanish
2. the Cuban rebels

Many people in the United States were quite disturbed by the Spanish treatment of the Cubans.

1. corpse copy
   yellow journalism
2. whacky writing

William Randolph Hearst and the New York papers were dedicated to describing -- and occasionally hyperbolizing -- the Spanish occupation.

1. It was blown up.
   It left for Miami.
2. It was captured by rebels.

In February 1898, the Maine blew up in Havana harbor.

1. Spain
   Cuban rebels
2. No one knows.

It's still not clear what happened to the Maine.

1. 89
   15
2. 260

260 seamen died from the explosion and subsequent sinking.

1. the Spanish to start a war
   Americans wanting to intervene on behalf of the Cuban rebels
2. Cubans to arm against Spain

The tragedy of the Maine caused a sensation in the media, and made the American public quite keen to intervene on Cuba's behalf.

1. demanded Spain withdraw from Cuba
   gave the U.S. President the power to use force for a Spanish withdrawal
2. both

In April 1898, Congress sided hard with Cuba.

1. America
   Spain
2. both at the same time

After the Congressional resolutions, Spain declared war on April 24.

1. April 25th
   April 21st
2. both

So the U.S. said "war right back at ya" to Spain the next day … but made the declaration retroactive to the 21st.

1. Miami
   the Philippines
2. Barcelona

Remember that the Philippines was controlled by Spain, so the Battle of Manila Bay was the first battle of the war.

1. It was extremely easily.
   It was not so hot.
2. It was a tie.

The Spanish squadron that protected Manila Bay was destroyed in mere hours, and the United States didn't have a single mortal casualty.

1. confident they would easily win the conflict
   equipped with the most advanced and prepared naval fleet
2. categorically unequipped for a foreign naval war

We'll get into some examples, but needless to say Spain wasn't really giving its all to the cause.

1. He didn't have enough coal to power his ships.
   He didn't have enough ammunition for an engagement.
2. both

Those are two things you really need when in a naval battle, after all.

1. Cuban rebels ready to fight
   a much more robust American presence, blockading the harbor
2. no American presence

Things really weren't going well for Spain.

1. cavalry
   Marines
2. medics

Which makes sense, what with the 'riding' part and all.

1. Franklin Roosevelt
   Theodore Roosevelt
2. Henry Ford

Teddy was second-in-charge of the rough and tumble regiment.

1. San Juan Hill
   Kettle Hill
2. neither

While some units charged San Juan Hill, the Rough Riders attacked nearby Kettle Hill in the larger Battle of San Juan Hill.

1. Buffalo soldiers
   nobody
2. local children who were armed with knives

The African American regiments were not hailed as heroically but were a major part of the Spanish American service.

1. two weeks
   a month
2. two months

This whole war thing was really not working out for Spain.

1. July 1898
   August 1898
2. December 1898

While the war had been effectively over for months, there had been much to negotiate.

1. ceded all claim to Cuba
   assumed Cuban debt
2. both

When the debt is $400 million, that's no small potatoes.

1. Puerto Rico
   Guam
2. both

Yes, it is a little disturbing that everyone was just dealing countries like cards.

1. Nobody cared.
   Everyone was delighted.
2. It was not so hot, both domestically and in the Philippines.

Even the Senate barely voted for the treaty, and the Filipinos had already begun hostile actions against the U.S. forces.

1. less than a year
   a year and a half
2. two months

from declaration of war to ratified treaty, it was only about nine months.

1. infection
   gunshot wounds
2. heat stroke and dehydration

While roughly 350 soldiers were killed in combat, 2,500 died from disease.