What was the casualty statistic for the Spanish-American War that highlighted the primary cause of death for U.S. soldiers?
Explanation
This question tests the reader's knowledge of a crucial statistic that reveals the poor conditions and logistical failures, including the 'embalmed beef' scandal, that plagued the U.S. army during the war.
Other questions
According to Chapter 12, what reason did Theodore Roosevelt give for welcoming a war in his 1897 letter to a friend?
What event in 1890 was officially declared by the Bureau of the Census, signaling a shift in American expansionist focus from internal to overseas?
How many interventions in the affairs of other countries did the United States conduct between 1798 and 1895, according to a State Department list mentioned in the text?
What was the core message of Captain A. T. Mahan, who greatly influenced Theodore Roosevelt?
What was the main economic argument for expansionism in the 1890s, as articulated by figures like William McKinley and Albert Beveridge?
According to William Appleman Williams's concept of 'informal empire' cited in Chapter 12, what was the preferred method of expansion for many U.S. businessmen and politicians?
What fear did Winston Churchill and some American leaders have regarding the Cuban revolution, which influenced their desire for Spain to maintain control?
What event in February 1898, involving the loss of 268 American lives, became a catalyst for war with Spain?
What was the Teller Amendment?
According to the chapter, who did American labor unions and socialists generally see as the beneficiaries of the war with Spain?
What was the 'embalmed beef' scandal during the Spanish-American War?
What did the Platt Amendment, incorporated into the Cuban Constitution in 1901, grant to the United States?
For how much money did the United States purchase the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico from Spain in the 1898 peace treaty?
What was President McKinley's stated justification for taking the Philippines, as told to a group of ministers?
The war to crush the Filipino rebellion required how many U.S. troops, compared to the number landed in Cuba?
Who led the Anti-Imperialist League, which was formed in 1898 to oppose the war and imperialism?
What was the order given by General Smith to Major Littleton Waller on the island of Samar during the Philippine-American War?
Why did General Arthur MacArthur, commander of U.S. forces, eventually conclude that the whole native population of Luzon was opposed to American rule?
What was the mixed reaction of black soldiers to the Philippine-American War, as described in Chapter 12?
Who was David Fagan, as mentioned in Chapter 12?
Between 1889 and 1903, what was the average number of Black people lynched per week in the United States?
What was the main reason given in a State Department memorandum for the United States to have influence in Southeast Asia?
What was the reaction of the American military when Cuban rebel General Calixto García wanted to participate in the Spanish surrender at Santiago?
How much of the export of Cuba's minerals was in American hands by the end of the U.S. military occupation in 1901?
What was the term for President McKinley's policy toward the Philippines, which Mark Twain sarcastically called the 'pious new name of the musket'?
According to a survey of businessmen cited in Chapter 12, who among the following was described as 'feeling militant' and supportive of war with Spain?
What comparison did the journal of the International Association of Machinists make after the sinking of the Maine?
By 1891, what percentage of American kerosene exports was accounted for by the Rockefeller family's Standard Oil Company?
How did the American military treat the Filipino rebels after the Spanish surrendered in Cuba?
What was the final vote margin in the U.S. Senate for the ratification of the treaty to annex the Philippines?
What was a primary finding of Walter Lafeber's 'The New Empire' regarding U.S. trade by 1893?
In his critique of U.S. action in the Philippines, what did the philosopher William James compare the operation to?
What was the stated purpose of the general strike launched by workers in Havana in September 1899?
According to Senator Albert Beveridge's 1900 speech, what made the Philippines a crucial acquisition for the United States?
The official organ of which U.S. labor federation warned against the hysteria worked up by the sinking of the Maine?
In what way did the U.S. military justify firing the first shot in the Philippines, according to testimony by an army officer?
What was the subject of the protest message from Massachusetts Negroes to President McKinley, as cited in Chapter 12?
What was the estimated value of American trade abroad by 1898, as noted in Chapter 12?
What did the Typographical Union and the railroad brotherhoods hope to gain from the annexation of new territories?
How did the McKinley administration's instructions to its minister in Spain frame the reason for settling the Cuban war?
What company bought 1,900,000 acres of Cuban land for about twenty cents an acre after the war?
What was the key argument in the Washington Post editorial on the eve of the Spanish-American war?
What did John Hay, the American Secretary of State, call the Spanish-American War?
In the list of 103 U.S. military interventions between 1798 and 1895, what was the stated reason for the 1893 intervention in Hawaii?
According to the chapter, what was the reaction of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) to the idea of annexing Hawaii in 1897?
What was the finding of the committee report, 'Penencia a la Convención', regarding the Platt Amendment?
Which U.S. President disavowed the 1893 action to promote a provisional government in Hawaii?
What was the main point of the letter from black soldier William Fulbright from Manila in June 1901?
What does Zinn suggest was the ultimate outcome of the 'taste of Empire' for the United States?