Spanish-American War

By Teagan P.

  • McKinley becomes Pesident

    McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War.

  • Yellow Jounalism information

    is a type of journalism that presents false and eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. A good example of a yellow Jouralist is Randolph Hearst. Hearst tiold an artist "You furish the pictures and I'll furish the war."
  • Explosion of the USS Maine

    Explosion of the USS Maine

    The USS Maine was sitting in the Havanna, Cuba Harbor when the battleship exploded
  • Theodore Roosevelt sends Dewey to the Philippines

    Theodore Roosevelt sends Dewey to the Philippines

    Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt had wired Commodore Dewey to prepare for possible military action in the Philippines.

  • US declares war on Spain

    President McKinley reluctantly succumbed to pressure and asked Congress to declare war on April 21. Congress obliged on April 25, 1898.
  • Attack at Manila Bay

    Attack at Manila Bay

    Dewey lauchched a surprise attack on the Spanish fleet at ManilaBay

  • Theodore Roosevelt Resigns to join the Calvery

    After resigning his post in May 1898, Roosevelt joined Colonel Leonard Wood's First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, soon to become known as the Rough Riders.

  • Amercia blockades the Spanish

    American shios blockade the coast, trapping the Spanish iinthe Harbor

  • Rough Riders

    The Rough Riders with Buffalo Soilders of the 9th and 10th Cavalries, joined the Battle of San Juan Hill.

  • Treaty of Paris

    The Treaty of Paris was an agreement made in 1898 that resulted in Spain surrendering control of Cuba and ceding Puerto Rico.