5th Massachusetts Infantry on Parade | History of SC Slide Collection

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Recruits for the army that was raised to fight the Spanish-American War, begun in 1898 when the battleship "Maine" exploded in a Cuban harbor, were trained at Camp Wetherill near Greenville. This Army Signal Corps photograph shows the 5th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on parade.

Courtesy of the Greenville County Historical Society.

Standards

5.1.P Summarize how the United States’ involvement in the Spanish American War led to increased U.S. economic expansion and imperialism.
8.4.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to analyze multiple perspectives of the challenges and changes within South Carolina and the nation that allowed the U.S. to emerge as a global power during the time period 1862–1929.

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