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Attempt at buying Cuba
Diplomates recommended to President Franklin Pierce that the United States should buy Cuba from Spain, but Spain said they would rather see it sunk in the ocean than in the hands of the United States -
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Yellow Journalism
Yellow Journalism is a type of newspaper reporting that emphasized the sensationalism over facts. These newspapers that were overreacting basically pushed the United States and Spain into war in Cuba and Philippines. -
The 1st Revolt
When the Cubans first tried to revolt against Spain it failed ( between 1868 and 1878). But they did get them to abolish slavery. -
The 2nd Revolt
In the second revolt the Cubans were following José Martí. José was a poet and a journalist. He used an active guerilla campaign and they deliberately destroyed property, especially American-owned sugar mills and plantations. -
Valeriano Weyler sent to Cuba by Spain
Spain responded to the Cuban revolt by sending General Valeriano Weyler to restore order. Valeriano Weyler tried to stop the rebellion by herding the entire rural population of the central and the western Cuba into concentration camps. While they were in these concentration camps they couldn't get aid from the civilians.It was estimated that 300,000 Cubans filled these concentration camps. -
Publication of the De Lôme Letter
The New York Journal published a private letter written by Enriqoue Dupuy de lôme ( the Spanish minister of the United States ). A Cuban rebel stole this letter from a Havana Post office and leaked it to the newspaper. This letter criticized president Mckinley calling him "weak" and a "bidder for the admiration of the crowd". After this letter was leaked the embarrassed Spanish government apologized and the minister resigned. But still Americans were angry. -
Yellow Journalism
Yellow Journalism is a type of newspaper reporting that emphasized the sensationalism over facts. These newspapers that were overreacting basically pushed the United States and Spain into war in Cuba and Philippines. -
Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine
The United states declared war on Spain when the U.S.S. Maine exploded, more than 260 men were killed. No one knew why the ship exploded but everyone just assumed that the Spanish exploded it. -
US declares War on Spain
After all the fighting in Cuba, the US finally joins the rebellion
