USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

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Since more Americans died by disease rather then actual battle during the Spanish American War ____ the nickname for the Spanish American War is?

(A) ** “The Splendid Little War”

(B) “World Easiest War”

(C) “American Domination”

(D) “No Chance France”

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Yellow fever was first reported in Cuba in 1649, when one-third of Havana residents died from the disease. From 1856 to 1879, the disease struck the city nearly every month. Foreign occupiers were particularly susceptible: an estimated 16, 000 Spanish troops died from yellow fever between 1895 and 1898.

Concept note-2: -Spanish American War-“A Splendid Little War"

Concept note-3: -The Spanish-American War claimed the lives of 3, 000 Americans, but only a small fraction of these soldiers died in combat. Yellow fever and typhoid decimated entire units, swiftly spreading through camps in the Caribbean and the southeastern United States.

Concept note-4: -During the Spanish-American war, more American soldiers died from yellow fever, malaria, and other diseases than from combat. After the war, the disease continued to ravage both Cubans and the American occupation force, prompting, Army Surgeon General George M.

Concept note-5: -The influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people. One fifth of the world’s population was attacked by this deadly virus. Within months, it had killed more people than any other illness in recorded history. The plague emerged in two phases.