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According to this document, why did the US invade
Cuba?
What information is included to support this
version of the story?
Provide evidence from the source that supports
these reasons.
Awake
02/1
6/18
98 -
04/2
5/18
98
Due to the Spanish destroying the
Maine.
“How proudly sailed the warship
Maine,
a Nation's pride, without a stain!
A wreck she lies, her sailors slain.
By Treacherous butchers, paid by
Spain!”
“How proudly sailed the warship
Maine,
a Nation's pride, without a stain!
A wreck she lies, her sailors slain.
By Treacherous butchers, paid by
Spain!”
Reconcentrati
on Camps
11/2
7/18
97
The Spanish were losing control of
Cuba.
“By the late 1800s, the Spanish were
losing control of Cuba.”
“By the late 1800s, the Spanish were
losing control of Cuba. Concerned
about insurrection in the countryside,
they moved rural Cubans to
“reconcentration” camps where the
Spanish claimed they would be
better able to protect them.”
March of the
Flag
09/1
6/18
98
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15,000,000 acres of forest, mines of
iron, and millions of unexplored
acres.
“In Cuba, alone, there are
15,000,000 acres of forest
unacquainted with the axe. There
are exhaustless mines of iron
. . . .
There are millions of acres yet
unexplored
. . . .
“
Document A: Reconcentration Camps
1. Sourcing: Given that in the U.S. there was an ongoing debate about whether the U.S. should intervene in Cuba, why might
Lee have chosen to send this account to Washington?
This could sway public opinion in Washington towards intervening
in Cuba.
2. Close Reading: Notice the graphic descriptions of the account. How do these details about the camp conditions affect you
as you read? Why might these descriptions be so detailed?
These details paint a vivid and disturbing picture of the horrors
that are faced inside of these reconcentration camps. This is likely to make the reader recognize how urgent the
situation is.
3. Contextualization: How do you think U.S. government officials might have reacted to this description of the reconcentration
camps?
I believe this description would push them towards intervening in Cuba.
Document B: March of the Flag
1. Sourcing: This speech is part of a political campaign. How does that influence what you can expect of it?
This influences what you can expect from it because it shows the goal to be to rally votes by being in favor of people in
order to win the election.
2. Close Reading: What do the following phrases suggest about Beveridge’s view of Americans as compared with people of
other nations?
a) “noble land that God has given us.”
Cuba was a gift given from God to the United States.
b) “applies only to those who are capable of self-government”
Suggests Americans are more capable of self-rule than
others.
c) “civilization is dawning, at last, for them”
3. Contextualizing: According to Beveridge, what else was going on in the U.S. and the rest of the world that made expansion a
good idea?
According to Beveridge, “If England can govern foreign lands, so can America. If Germany can govern
foreign lands, so can America.”
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