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Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named US minister to Liberia
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USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor
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President William McKinley asks Congress to declare war on Spain on this day in 1898.
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The U.S. Congress declares war on spain
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In the first battle between spanish and american forces, U.S. commodore Dewey and his asiatic squadron defeat the spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines.
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The battle of San Juan Hill, also known as the battle for San Juan Heights, was a decisive battle of the spanish american war.
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The battle of santiago de Cuba was a naval battle that occurred on july 3, 1898 in which the united States Navy defeated spanish forces
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The Siege of Santiago was the last major operation of the spanish american war on the island of cuba.
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The Spanish-American war comes to an end. Spain formally agrees to a peace protocol
