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Spanish-American War

By ClaytonD

  • America's Interest in Cuba Begins

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    Cuba's War for Independence

    Although unsuccessful, American sympathy went out to the Cuban people as a result.
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    Yellow Journalism

    Many articles were published exaggerating the news regarding Cuba. The came to be known as yellow journalism.

  • Cuba's Second War for Independence

    Cuba's Second War for Independence
    Cuban poet Jose Marti launched a revolution. He used an active guerrilla campaign and deliberately destroyed property.

  • General Valeriano Weyler

    General Valeriano Weyler
    Spain responded to the Cuban revolt by sending General Weyler to restore order. He herded thousands of Cubans into concentration camps.

  • De Lome Letter

    De Lome Letter
    The Spanish minister to the US, Enrique Dupuy de Lome, wrote a letter criticizing the President. It was leaked by a Cuban rebel who stole the letter from the Havana post office, and published it to the New York Journal, causing American outrage.

  • USS Maine gets blown up

    USS Maine gets blown up
    The USS Maine was sent to Cuba to retrieve Americans from the fighting that was taking place. On Februrary 15, it was blown up from an unknown cause. Americans blamed the Spanish.

  • Spanish-American War Begins

    Spanish-American War Begins
    PHILIPPINES - April 30
    Under the command of George Dewey, every Spanish ship there was destroyed within hours.
    CARIBBEAN - June 22
    The victory in the Philippines demonstrated the US Army's strength. 125,000 Americans volunteered to fight, leaving a minimal amount of supplies to go around.
    ROUGH RIDERS - June
    These were a volunteer cavalry under the command of Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt.
    SAN JUAN HILL - July 1
    The most famous land battle in Cuba. Many cavalry charged uphill.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The US and Spain met in Paris to agree upon a treaty. At the peace talks, Spain freed Cuba and turned over the islands of Guam and Puerto Rico to the US. They also sold the Philippines to the US for $20 million.

  • US Conflict over the Treaty of Paris

    US Conflict over the Treaty of Paris
    Imperialism sparked a debate over the annexation of the places discussed in the Treaty of Paris. People wondered if it was ethical, while others saw it as a "white man's burden."