A Splended Little War

By Avery Close
  • McKinley becomes presidant.

    McKinley becomes presidant.

  • Mr. Hearst says "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war"

    Mr. Hearst says "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war"

  • U.S.S Maine explodes

    U.S.S Maine explodes

  • U.S declares War on Spain

    U.S declares War on Spain

    Tensions rise and U.S. declares war on the Spanish
  • Dewey sinks Spanish fleet

    Dewey sinks Spanish fleet

    The first battle of the Spanish-American War, a naval encounter between Commodore Admiral George Dewey of the U.S. Navy and Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón commanding the Spanish Squadron. Called the Battle of Manila Bay it lasted just a few hours. Incidentally, the U.S. Navy reported just one casualty – death by heart attack.
  • theodore roesevelt resigns as secretary or navy

    theodore roesevelt resigns as secretary or navy

  • General Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy returns to the Philippines from his exile in Hong Kong where he had been, since the failure of the Katipunan (a Philippine Revolutionary Organization) revolt of 1892-1896.

    General Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy returns to the Philippines from his exile in Hong Kong where he had been, since the failure of the Katipunan (a Philippine Revolutionary Organization) revolt of 1892-1896.

  • General Aguinaldo signs the Philippine Declaration of Independence and becomes first president of the Philippines after defeating most of the Spanish Army and having encircled Manila

    General Aguinaldo signs the Philippine Declaration of Independence and becomes first president of the Philippines after defeating most of the Spanish Army and having encircled Manila

  • The American Anti-Imperialist League was established to oppose the U.S. annexation of the Philippines and other insular areas, alluding to a variety of legal, economic, moral grounds

    The American Anti-Imperialist League was established to oppose the U.S. annexation of the Philippines and other insular areas, alluding to a variety of legal, economic, moral grounds

  • U.S takes control over Guam from spain

    U.S takes control over Guam from spain

  • rough riders charge saun jaun hill

    rough riders charge saun jaun hill

    theodore roesevelt leads rough riders
  • Americans destroy Spanish Caribbean

    Americans destroy Spanish Caribbean

  • spanish loses Wake islands to the U.S

    spanish loses Wake islands to the U.S

  • U.S takes biggest city in cuba

    U.S takes biggest city in cuba

  • U.S takes puerto rico

    U.S takes puerto rico

  • Treaty Of Paris is signed

    Treaty Of Paris is signed

    Spain surenddered and U.S gained control of cuba and Phillipines