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On February 15,1898, an explosion sank the battleship U.S.S. Maine in the Havana,Cuba Harbor. Killing 266 of the 354 crew members, this led to the Spanish-American War.
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President William McKinley asks Congress to declare war on Spain.
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To capture Spanish-held Santiago de Cuba on the southern coast of Cuba, the U.S. Army engages Spanish forces at El Caney and San Juan Hill.
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concluding engagement fought near Santiago de Cuba in the Spanish-American War, U.S success resulted in Final Victory over the Spaniards
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Following the capture of San Juan Heights, the Americans invested Santiago, bringing up Lawton’s Division and placing Garcia’s Cubans to the west of the city.
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The brief and one-sided Spanish-American War comes to an end 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
.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/armistice-ends-the-spanish-american-war
