THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR By James Manoukian Mar 4, 1896 McKinley becomes president Feb 15, 1898 date the MAINE exploded 260 officers and crew members got killed on the MAINE Feb 27, 1898 theodore rosavelt event Apr 25, 1898 yellow journalism yellow journalism= not true stuff,over the top Apr 25, 1898 us declares war on the spain Period: Apr 25, 1898 to Aug 25, 1898 the spanish american war Aug 25, 1898 Treaty of Paris