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Explosion of unknown origin sinks the USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbor. Killing 260 of the fewer than 400 American crew members aboard. Blame was put on spain.
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President William McKinley asks Congress to declare war on Spain
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A decisive battle of the Spanish–American War. It was a U.S./Cuban victory
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The battle ended with decisive U.S. victory sealing American victory in the Spanish–American War. It was a naval battle.
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U.S. forces defeat the Spanish. last major operation of the Spanish–American War on the island of Cuba.
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The end of the war when Spain formally agrees to a peace protocol on U.S. terms: the cession of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Manila in the Philippines to the United States pending a final peace treaty.
