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U.S diplomats propose to purchase Cuba from Spain for $130 million in a secret document known as the ostend manifesto. they are not successful.
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The Cuban journalist poet, and patriot jose Marti the cubans revolutionary party in New York city. 1895: the second war of independence begins.
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Weyler was given the title of the governor of Cuba, replacing martinez de Campos. Weyler was given the duty in hopes that he could repress the liberation army and restore political order in Cuba.
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William Randolf Hearst understood that a war with Cuba would not only sell his papers, but also move him to a position of the national prominence. From Cuba hearst's star reporters wrote stories designed to tug at the heartstrings of Americans.
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The sinking of the USS Maine. At 9:40pm on the night of February 15th 1898, the United states battleship Maine, riding quietly at anchor in Havana harbour, was suddently blown up by a mine.
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the first cuban war of independence from Spain, known as ten years' war begins. Thousands of immigrants move to the united states
