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U.S, attempt to purchase Cuba
This started the war because Spain said they would rather see Cuba sink rather than be owned by America. -
Cuba's first war for indipendence
The last of three liberation wars cuba fought agains spain. The final three months became the spanish american war. -
Josa Marti lead Cuba's secound war for independence
Josa relised very early that independance from Spain was the only solution for Cuba and that this could only be achived through a quick war that would at the same time prevent United States intervention in Cuba. -
Valeriano Weyler was sent to Cuba by Spain
He was a genreral in spains army sent to Cuba to restore order and made the rural people go into concentration camps and 300,000 Cubans were in those camps, and thousands died. -
The yellow press began to shape American public opnion with respect to Cuba's civil war
Relized that Wiler had gotten out of hand in Cuba, Spain recalled him in 1897, hopping to quiet the yellow press -
Publication of the De lome letter
Contents of a seized Spanish letter caused an internatinoal scandal that fueled anit-spanish and pro-war feelings in the Untied States. -
Explosion of the USS maine.
The USS maine was on a friendly vist to Cuba but it suffered from an explosion from an offical said that the ship had been blown up by a mine. Didn't derictly put the blame on cuba but the U.S congers and most of the Amercian public thought Spain was responble so they called for the decerlation of war. -
U.S. declares war on Spain
This started the war against Spain and set the nation on the path of becoming a world power. The victory of the U.S. lead to the possession of the Philippines and ultimatly lead to a conflict with Japan. -
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Spanish American war
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The battle of manila bay
The first marger ingament of the spainsh american war. The most decisive in naval battles in American history. -
spanish surrender the Philippines
The Spanish surrenderd the Phillippines was an Armed conflict between the United States and Spain. After the spanish fleet was destroyed spain gave up the Phillippines to America. It was importanst because it gave the Americans some room to move in the war. -
destruction of the spanish fleet
Nearly 400 spanish soldjers were killed and 10 battle shipes wrecked and captured while only 6 Americans died. This was the first major battle in the war. It gave way to the spanish giving up the Philipines. This is important becasue it ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. -
Treaty of Paris
After the treaty was signed, was short compared to the other campaigns in the spanish-american war, because the war came to an end before the miltary objective of the campaign was completed. -
Battle for kettle/ san juan hill
This battle happened near Santiago. Teddy Rosevellt fought in this battle and helpped him get voted for president. San Juan hill was a stratigec point that needed to be taken. -
Capture of puerto rico
The breif spanish american wae in which the united states wins cuba, puerto rico the philli[peanes and other colonical possessions from spain under the treaty of paris prevents puerto ricans from implementing their new overnment -
armastice is signed between the U.S. and Spain
This ended the war and gave America the cession of cuba, Puerto Rico, and Manila. -
Naval Blockade of Cuba
Was set up after spy planes flew over and saw soviet missile sites on comunist ruled islands. -
U.S. forces invaded Cuba
Over the span of the battle 11,000 americans joined the fight. In August Spanish toops surrendered to American soldiers.
