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The Cuban journalist, poet, and patriot José Martí founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party in New York City. 1895: The second Cuban war of independence begins.
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William Randolph Hearst understood that a war with Cuba would not only sell his papers, but also move him into a position of national prominence. From Cuba, Hearst's star reporters wrote stories designed to tug at the heartstrings of Americans.
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Horrific tales described the situation in Cuba--female prisoners, executions, valiant rebels fighting, and starving women and children figured in many of the stories that filled the newspapers. But it was the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor that gave Hearst his big story--war. After the sinking of the Maine, the Hearst newspapers, with no evidence, unequivocally blamed the Spanish, and soon U.S. public opinion demanded intervention. (1890’s)
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1854: 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 first Cuban war of independence from Spain, known as the Ten Years' War, begins. Thousands of immigrants move to the United States.
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February 10, 1896, Weyler was given the title of 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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Ambassador Enrique Dupuy de Lome he’s send the letter to the president McKinley William He’s calling him coward and after this later the U.S. supporting the war.
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To bring the American citizen home and protect in danger. In February 15 1898 the ship blow up in harbor of havana and men killed more than 260. This is important because it made people in favor of the Spanish, and American war.
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they’re fighting over Cuba, Teddy R. push the U.S. to go to war and U.S. won, and U.S. gained Puerto Rico, Guam, and PH.
