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José Martí, a Cuban poet and writer starts the cuban rebellion for independance. In time he realises he must convince the United States to end the rebellion, so he works up a clever plan to do so..burn American crops that rich business invested in.
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During a short time before, and during the Spanish American War, Yellow Journalism, a type of journalism which quite often over exaggerates it's stories and tricks the average citizen; creates much conflict between Spain and America by stretching the truth and infuriating American citizens and business-men alike
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Early February 1895, Spain sends Valeriano Weyler to end the Cuban rebellion with any means possible.
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"The Butcher" Weyler manufactures concentration camps in hopes to settle the Cuban Rebellion and weed out the hidden rebels
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McKinley is elected president with two major promises regarding the major problems in Cuba 1) Protect American business 2) Free the Cuban people
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Enrique Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish Minister, writes a short letter to government leaders of Spain giving a strongly negative opinion about McKinley.
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Soon after, Cubans locate and steal the De Lome Letter, Who then send it to the White House in hopes to anger Americans. The letter is recieved and published in the New York Journal which infuriates American politicians and citizens alike.
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February of 1898 The top class US battle ship "The Maine" is blown up in a spur of the moment explosion. 260 American soldiers are killed and American Yellow Journalism offer a reward for the proof of a spanish plot to sabotouge the battleship
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President McKinley asks congress to prepare a Delcaration of War against Spain after claiming god has told him to attack and take over the Spanish Forces
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Adm. George Dewey with his naval fleet annihilate the Spanish-Asian fleet in only 7 hours. the US suffer only one death, while the spanish casualties are endless.
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Roosevelt's Rough Riders take San Juan Hill and Teddy becomes a war hero for leading his small batallion up to the outpost over looking Santiago Harbor
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American delegation offered twenty million dollars on November 21 and demand an offer from Spain within 2 days
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After America agrees to a sieze fire, The Americans sign the Treaty of Paris with the Spanish on December 10th. America is, unfortunatly out of a few islands..but they take hold of the Phillipeans and a few others islands which forces a very large step into imperialism
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Made socially official, America is at this point considered to be and Emperialized world power, being named "Greater America" Not much time after the Spanish-American war
