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McKinley becomes presidant.
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Mr. Hearst says "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war"
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U.S.S Maine explodes
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U.S declares War on Spain
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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U.S takes control over Guam from spain
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rough riders charge saun jaun hill
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Americans destroy Spanish Caribbean
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spanish loses Wake islands to the U.S
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U.S takes biggest city in cuba
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U.S takes puerto rico
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Treaty Of Paris is signed
Spain surenddered and U.S gained control of cuba and Phillipines
