The Spanish American War

By dylan.opalich

  • Ten Year's War

    War between Spain and Cuba
  • Period: to

    Spanish intervene in Cuban Revolution

  • The Maine is built!

    Congress agrees to build two new battleships, the Maine and the Texas.

  • CUban revolution begins

    Led by Jose Marti

  • U.S. declares neutrality

    President Grover Cleveland declares U.S. neutrality toward the Cuban revolution

  • President William McKinley is elected

    Twenty-fifth president of the United States

  • Cuba makes request for American help

    Fitzhugh Lee makes first request for American naval vessel to travel to Cuba. President Cleveland ignores their request

  • President McKinley gives a warning

    President McKinley tells General Stewart Woodford to warn Spain and have them end their efforts against Cuba.

  • McKinley addresses Congress

    President McKinley addresses Congress and says that if conditions in Cuba do not get better, the United States owed it "to ourselves, to civilization, and humanity to intervene with force"

  • President McKinley orders the Maine to Cuba

    on a "courtesy call"

  • Hearst publishes Dupuy du Lome's letter insulting McKinley

  • U.S.S. Maine is bombed

  • Congress authorizes a 50 million dollar war fund

  • McKinley sends a note to Spain demanding the war be ended

  • McKinley approves war on Spain