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Jose Marti
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Cuban journalist that orchestrated a rebellion in 1895 from exile in New York
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Valeriano Weyler
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Spanish general sent to restore order in Cuba
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Yellow Journalism
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Exaggerated journalism that works to lure & enrage readers for a cause
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USS Maine
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Deployed to Cuba to protect Americans and property
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George Dewey
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Commanded navy at Manilla in the Philippines; destroyed every Spanish ship in the island region
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Rough Riders
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Volunteer cavalry group under the command of Theodore Roosevelt
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San Juan Hill
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Strategic infantry victory that marked the end of Spanish control
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Treaty of Paris
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Ends the fighting and Spanish colonial rule over Cuba & the Philippines
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