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Americans became enraged about Spain's treatment of Cubans and the sinking of the U.S. Navy ship, Maine. Both involved Spain, the United States, and a rebellious colonial population. Yellow journalism swept the nation and its propaganda helped to precipitate military action by the United States. The United States sent troops to Cuba as well as several other Spanish colonies throughout the world. -
It began with the unsuccessful Ten Years' War and culminated in the U.S. intervention that ended the Spanish colonial presence in the Americas. The Spanish-American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in the U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America.
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His unification of the Cuban community, particularly in Florida, was crucial to the success of the Cuban War of Independence against Spain. He was a key figure in the planning and execution of this war, as well as the designer of the Cuban Revolutionary Party and its ideology. -
The Spanish sent the infamous General Weyler to Cuba to put down the insurrection. Weyler lived up to his name. To prevent the insurrectos from leading the population against Spanish rule, Weyler built concentration camps in which he imprisoned a large portion of the population. Valeriano Weyler was a Spanish general and colonial administrator who served as the Governor-General of the Philippines and Cuba. -
Cuban revolutionaries intercepted the letter from the mail and released it to the Hearst press, which published it on February 9, 1898, in the New York Journal. De Lôme's unflattering remarks about McKinley helped fuel this country's aggressive, warlike foreign policy. Publication of the letter helped generate public support for a war with Spain over the issue of independence for the Spanish colony of Cuba. -
USS Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor in February 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish American War in April. -
a mysterious explosion sank the battleship, USS Maine, in Havana Harbor, triggering a war between the United States and Spain. Maine had come to Cuba to protect American citizens while Cuban revolutionaries were fighting to win independence from Spain. -
Secretary of the Navy John D. Long produced a plan to close the ports along the western half of Cuba's northern coast. On April 18, Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, commander of the North Atlantic Squadron, issued a memorandum concerning ship dispositions for such a blockade.
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On April 25, 1898, the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The Spanish American War resulted in a decisive victory for the US and arguably served as a transitional period for both nations. Spain saw its days of empire fade, as the United States saw the prospect of overseas empire emerge. -
U.S. Commodore George Dewey, in command of the seven warships anchored north of Hong Kong, was ordered to “capture or destroy” the Spanish Pacific fleet, which was known to be in the coastal waters of the Spanish controlled Philippines. Battle of Manila Bay, the defeat of the Spanish Pacific fleet by the U.S. Navy, resulting in the fall of the Philippines and contributing to the final U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War. -
Was a major battle of the Spanish American War fought between an American force under the command of William Rufus Shafter and Joseph Wheeler against a Spanish force led by Arsenio Linares. The victory at the Battle of San Juan Hill led directly to the surrender. A crucial victory preceding the end of hostilities. Furthermore, it launched the career of Theodore Roosevelt and popularized the Rough Riders. -
Superior naval gunnery and seamanship prevailed, and the entire Spanish fleet was sunk with minimal casualties for the Americans, who suffered only two men killed or wounded. The Americans pulled a total of 1,889 Spanish sailors from the water, among them Cervera -
The United States and Spain signed an armistice agreement, bringing an end to the Spanish-American War. The agreement, called the “Protocol of Peace,” marked a decisive American victory and signaled the transition of the US into a world power, with Spain relinquishing control over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. -
In 1898, during the Spanish American War, Puerto Rico was invaded and subsequently became a possession of the United States. -
The U.S. simply wanted to ensure that control did not pass to a stronger power such as Britain or France. Cuba was of special importance to Southern Democrats, who believed their economic and political interests would be best served by the admission of another slave state to the Union. -
The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was a treaty signed by Spain and the United States on December 10, 1898, that ended the Spanish American War. Under it, Spain relinquished all claims of sovereignty over and title to Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. -
After isolating and defeating the Spanish Army garrisons in Cuba, the U.S. Navy destroyed the Spanish Caribbean squadron on July 3 as it attempted to escape the U.S. naval blockade of Santiago. Spain also agreed to sell the Philippines to the United States for the sum of $20 million.