Spanish War Chronology by Daphany, Autumn, and Sarah

By poopfart7
  • U.S. attempt to purchase Cuba

    U.S. attempt to purchase Cuba

    The U.S. attempted to purchase Cuba in 1854, but Spain disagreed.
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    Cuba's First War for Independence

    Cubans rebelled against Spain, they forced Spain to abolish slavery. The war was not successful.
  • Jose Marti led Cuba’s second war for independence

    Jose Marti led Cuba’s second war for independence

    He was a poet and a journalist in New York launched a revolution.
  • The Yellow Press/Yellow Journalism

    The Yellow Press/Yellow Journalism

    A specific type of writing which exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers, became known as yellow journalism.
  • Publication of the De Lome Letter

    Publication of the De Lome Letter

    The New York Journal posted a private letter to the Spanish minister of the United States. A rebel stole it and released it to the papers. The letter criticized McKinley by stating that he was “weak” and “a bidder for the admiration of the crowd”
  • U.S. Invades Cuba

    U.S. Invades Cuba

    American forces landed in Cuba and began to coverage on the port city of Santiago
  • Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine

    Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine

    President McKinley ordered the U.S.S. Maine to Cuba to return Americans fighting and to protect American property. more than 260 men were killed.
  • U.S. Declares war on Spain

    U.S. Declares war on Spain

    Public opinion favored war over anything else, on April 11th, McKinley asked Congress for authority to use force against Spain. After a week of debate, Congress agreed and the war was started.
  • U.S. Attack on Manila Bay

    U.S. Attack on Manila Bay

    The defeat of the Spanish Pacific fleet by the U.S. Navy resulted in the fall of the Philippines and contributed to the final U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War.
  • Battle of San Juan Hill

    Battle of San Juan Hill

    Most famous battle near Santiago
    The rough riders landed in Cuba and began to cover the land of Cuba
  • Destruction of the Spanish fleet in Cuba

    Destruction of the Spanish fleet in Cuba

    Two days after the battle at San Juan Hill, the Spanish fleet tried to escape the American blockade of the harbor at Santiago. The naval battle that followed, along the Cuban coast, ended in the destruction of the Spanish fleet. On the heels of this victory, American troops invaded Puerto Rico on July 25.
  • Armistice is signed between the U.S and Spain

    Armistice is signed between the U.S and Spain

    The United States and Spain signed an armistice, a cease-fire agreement, on August 12
    1898
  • Capture of Puerto Rico

    Capture of Puerto Rico

    After America won against Cuba, they go after Puerto Rico and eventually win.
  • Naval blockade of Cuba

    Naval blockade of Cuba

    Admiral William T. Sampson effectively sealed up the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba.
  • Treaty of paris of 1998

    Treaty of paris of 1998

    The treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian war that started off a great debate with the united states whether or not they had the right to annex the Philippians
  • Spanish Surrender the Philippines

    Spanish Surrender the Philippines

    Spain freed Cuba and turned over the islands of Guam in the Pacific and Puerto Rico in the West Indies to the United States. Spain also sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million.