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Diplomats suggested that the US should buy Cuba. When they tried, Spain said they would rather see Cuba sunk into the ocean. -
Cuba was not satisfied with Spanish Admistration. Things such as the lack of political representation and high taxes. Cuba ended up failing. This is important because it was the first attempt to free Cuba from spain. -
José Martí was a Cuban journalist and poet who was in exile in New York. He organized a Cuban resistance against Spain and launched a revolution in 1895. He used a guerrilla campaign and destroyed property, especially American property. He did this so that the US would come down to Cuba to protect their property and end up getting involved in the war. -
Spain sent General Weyler "The Butcher," to Cuba to put down the insurrection. Weyler built concentration camps to prevent the insurrectos from leading the population against Spanish rule. -
The yellow press was when the Journalists added photos or text that wasn't always factual but instead made to interest the people reading it. -
A spanish minister wrote a letter to President McKinley calling him weak. The minister later resigned and the Spanish government apologized. This was important because it made the American people mad. -
The American victory of Spanish forces surrender the city to the Americans End of the Spanish–American War in the Philippines -
Roughly 17,000 soldiers most in the army and the Rough Riders which is a group of volunteer cavalry who were commanded by Theodor Roosevelt and Leonard Wood. This invasion was the begging of the end of the war -
USS Maine was going to Cuba to protect American citizens and bring them back home while also protecting American property. While the ship was in the harbor of Havana the ship got blown up killing more than 260 men. At first, they didn't know how it blew up then they started to suspect Spain. This was the last push needed to bring the US into war against Spain -
The US declared war on Spain after the destruction of the USS Maine. The US thought that a war with Spain would turn them into a world power. -
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, commander of the North Atlantic Squadron, issued a memorandum concerning ship dispositions for such a blockade. In early 1898, the U.S. Navy possessed 96 ships of varying qualities and capabilities.
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When the U.S. attacked and beat the Spanish's fleet. This also caused the fall of the Philippines. This got the U.S. the final victory and made Commodore George Dewey a national hero and helped establish the reputation of the United States as a major naval power. -
Americans went up the hill to fight the Spanish. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. It went down as the most famous and bloody battle of the war. -
By the end of the battle, the Spanish fleet had been completely destroyed. The Spanish lost more than 300 killed and 150 wounded out of 2,227 men, or approximately 22% of the fleet. 1,800 officers and men were taken prisoner by the Americans, and roughly 150 returned to Santiago de Cuba. -
16,000 US troops invaded Puerto Rico and took it. It was late formally given to them in the Treaty of Paris. -
The US and Spain signed a cease-fire agreement which ended the war after only 15 weeks. -
It was signed on Dec, 10th, 1898. It was a peace treaty between America and Spain. It granted Cuba its freedom and gave the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam to America.
