L3ACR1_ E_Cuba War
CUBA WAR
Spanish Misrule: “The Duty of the Hour:— To Save Her Not Only from Spain but from a Worse Fate,”
Keppler & Schwarzmann, . Puck, 1898.Lithograph. New-York Historical Society.- link-
Source 1
SHOUTS IN SPAIN FOR CUBA. Rebel Demonstration During a Patriotic Play in Barcelona. BARCELONA, April 6 1896 The New York Times- link- |
Source 2
In accord with the Assembly of Representatives of the Revolution, a commission of Major General Calixto García, Colonel Manuel Sanguily, Dr. Antonio González Lanuza, General José Miguel Gómez and Colonel José R. Villalón met to seek support for needs of the Liberation Army and to establish a Cuban government. 10 November 1897 link- |
Source 3
Treaty of Paris of 1898.
Representatitves of Spain and the United States signed the Treaty of Peace in Paris. Spain renounced all rights to Cuba and allowed an independent Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and the island of Guam to the United States, gave up its possessions in the West Indies, and sold the Philippine Islands, receiving in exchange $20,000,000. 10 December 1898-link- http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/chronology.html |
Source 4
Read these sources and try to answer the following questions:
- Sources (6-7 lines) ( 2 points):
Source 1:
What kind of source is Source 1?(Classify and justify your answer).
Source 2:
Explain the historical context of source 2. - Source 1,2 and 3:
Explain what did it happen with the Maine,
Why did they say "To Save Her Not Only from Spain but from a Worse Fate,”?
and the mean reasons of this hostile atmosphere and sympathetic..:"The American commissioners negotiated in a hostile atmosphere because all Europe, except England, was sympathetic to the Spanish side." ( 5-6 lines) (2 points) - Why do you think some people in Catalonia - Unió Catalanista- were against the Cuba War? (6-7 lines) (2 points)
(before answer this question,try to summarize the Catalan nationalism parties) - Source 4:
Explain this source 4 and
the consequences ( political, economical, social, army) of losing the last colonies (7-8 lines) (2 points). - Make a brief summary of these concepts : "Regenerationism" and "Tancament de caixes" (4-5 lines) (2 points)
(how would you relate this concepts to Cuba War and Restauration)
Sources
Stydy resources L3 English and Catalan
Cuba war:Sources from USA Library of Congress
Slavery in our past: