A Splendid War

By Makena Witt
  • Explosion of the USS Maine

    Explosion of the USS Maine

    The sinking of the Maine killed hundreds of people and thousands injured.

  • Yellow Journalism

    Yellow Journalism is a term first coined while the famous newspaper wars were acuring between William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer11.
  • William McKinley becomes president

    William McKinley becomes president

  • U.S. Declares war

  • Ships destroyed

    Commodore George Dewey launched a surprise attack on the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay.

  • The Rough Riders

    The Rough Riders with african american soldiers of the Ninth and tenth Cavalries joined the Battle of San Juan Hill.

  • Peace Agreement is signed

    Spanish signed a peace agreement and ends the war.

  • Treaty of Paris

  • Platt Amendment

    The United States grants Cubans their full inndependence.
  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

    Theodore Roosevelt is also the 26th president of the United States. TR becomes president after William McKinley is assasinated. He is also the youngest president in the United States. TR is president from September 14, 1901- March 4, 1909.

  • TR wins the nobel peace prize

    Roosevelt won the nobel peace prize for mekiating the Russo- Japanese war.