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James Monroe placed a line between western and eastern hemisphere.
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Cubans decided they had wanted nothing more to do with Spain. enough's enough. They wanted to be their own country.
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They didn't like Spain and decided to try and be free.
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The Maine randomly exploded and U,S pointed their fingers at Spain. The war has begun.
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The party premise has probably run pretty thin at this point, so let's get to the point here. After a bit of fighting the U.S. eventually sent the Navy to Manila Bay with a butt-kicker named George Dewey. Needless to say, the U.S. demolished the vast majority of the Spanish fleets and sealed the deal on Spain's demise in the Philippines.
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The battle made Spain barely able to hold on to its empire.
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Philippines, Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico all fall into Uncle Sam's lap on this day.
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U.S didn't want to leave the island so the filipinos had no choice but to fight the americans.
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America granted independence to Cuba.
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The greediness of empires led to this war.
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the era of imperialism comes to an end
