" A SPLENDID LITTLE WAR"

By morgan tennant

  • McKinley becomes the president of the U.S.

    William McKinley was the U.S. President during the Spanish-American War.

  • Yellow Journalism

    Yellow Journalism is sensational, baised, and false reporting. It played a major role in the formation of pro- war opinion in the U.S. during the 19th Century. Isn't it funny how something that is so rude can decide someone's opinion?

  • U.S. declared war

    The U.S. declared war on Spain. This is when the Spanish- American War began. Let the war begin!

  • U.S.S. Maine explosion

    When the Maine exploded in the Hanana Harbor it killed 260 officers and crew members. The American newspapers diatley blamed the Spanish. "Remember the Maine" became a cry for revenge.

  • Congress recognizes Cuban independence

    Congress recognizes Cuban independence and it also demanded the withdrawl of Spanish forces from the island.

  • A Spanish fleet enters Cuba

    American ships blockaded the coast after the Spanish entered the harbor.

  • Theodore Roosevelt resigned from assistant secretary of the navy

    He resignes from his position so he can fight in Cuba. He led the First Regiment of U.S. Calvary Volunteers. The regiment was an assorted group of former cowhands and college students, popularly know as the Rough Riders.

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    On July 1, 1898 the Rough Riders, with African American soldiers of the Ninth and Tenth Calvaries, joined the Battle of San Juan Hill.

  • Spanish signs an armistice

    American troops landed on Puerto Rico in late July and quickly took control of the island. On August 12 the Spanish finally signed an armistice, which is a peace agreement.

  • Treaty of Paris

    This treaty ended the war.