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They thought that the United States would help them. Most of the United States' sugar came from Cuba. The United States had tried to purchase Cuba from Spain many times before.
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Weyler made concentration camps and tortured rebels. Prisoners died rapidly under harsh and dirty conditions. Newspaper publishers printed exaggerated stories to persude people that Spain was bad.
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William Mckinley is elected president, promising to free Cuba from Spain.
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Dupuy de Lome, a Spanish ambassador, writes a letter that insulted William Mckinley, angering the United States.
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The battleship U.S.S. Maine is sunk in Havana Harbor, rasing suspicions that Spain is sabotaging the United States. The Yellow Press wants war and offers a generous reward for finding the sabotager.
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The United States declared war on Spain so that they could help Cuba.
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American and Cuban forces invade the strategically and commercially important Guantanamo Bay.
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Roosevelt's Rough Riders seize San Juan Hill, giving the United States Army a strategic position over Santiago and making Roosevelt a hero for leading men uphill.
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The Spanish fleet is destroyed as they try to pass through a blockade and flee to Spain.
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Santiago is surrendered by the Spanish, thus ending the Cuban Revolution and giving Cuba freedom.
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The Treaty of Paris is signed by Spain and the United States, ending the Spanish-American War.
