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U.S attempted to purchase Cuba
they were trying to build an empire and in doing that they never was able to purchase cuba -
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Spanish american war
the start of the war -
Cuba's first war for independence
The Cuban's went to war with Spain for independence but last because they didn't have the weaponry like the Spanish. -
weyler was sent to Cuba by Spain
Weyler tried to crush the rebellion by herding the entire
rural population of central and western Cuba into barbed-wire concentration camps -
the yellow press started to shape the american public opinion with respect on Cuba's civil war.
Hearst and Pulitzer fanned war fever. When Hearst sent the gifted artist Frederic Remington to Cuba to draw sketches of reporters’ stories, Remington informed the publisher that a war between the United States and Spain seemed very unlikely. -
Jose marti led Cuba's second war for independence
They really have good leader in the first war but when he came to there aid they started to gain some ground. -
publication of the de lome letter
The letter was a message to declare war with Spain -
explosion of the USS main
Spain blew up the U.S.S Maine with an under water bomb that either killed or wounded the sailors. -
navel blockaded of Cuba
The U.S navy blocked the Spanish ships in manila bay and open fire on the ships -
United States declares war on Spain
After the explosion of the U.S.S Maine congress had it and declared war with Spain. -
US attacks manila bay
After the US navy blocked in the Spanish they continued to finish the fleet off and one of the ships tried to get away but the Spanish lost. -
battle of San Juan hill
. Although Roosevelt and his units played only a minor role in the second victory, U.S. newspapers declared him the hero of San Juan Hill. -
US invades Cuba
Despite these handicaps, American forces landed in Cuba in
June 1898 and began to converge on the port city of Santiago. The army of 17,000 included four African-American regiments of the regular army and the Rough Riders, a volunteer cavalry under the command of Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt. -
Destruction of the Spanish fleet in Cuba
The Spanish got destroyed in manila bay -
armistice is signed between the US and Spain
The Spanish surrendered to the us and started to leave Cuba -
Spanish surrender the Philippines
After the Spanish surrendered to the us for Cuba they just gave up and surrendered to the us because they knew they wouldn't win so they gave up the Philippines -
the treaty of Paris
The Spanish sign the treaty of Paris that meant they would leave the Cuban's alone -
capture of Puerto Rico
With the loss of the Cuban war the Spanish also gave up Puerto Rico to the US