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President Franklin Pierce offers $130 million to buy Cuba for Spain, Spain refuses the offer, saying that they would rather see it at the bottom of the ocean then in American hands.
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Cuba forces Spain to abolish slavery. U.S capitailists invest millions in sugar cane plantations
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Jose Marti starts the revolution against Spain, they deliberately destroy American owened sugar plantaions. They were trying to attract America's attention, and get them to intervene
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Spain sends General Valeriano to Cuba to contain the rebellion. He put the rural Cuban population into concentraton camps. There was an estimated 300,000 Cubans in these camps.
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William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, began printing exaggerating news on the war. This was done an attempt to create more sales, and make more money
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the New York Journal published a letter written by Enrique Dupuy de Lome, who was the spanish minister for the United States. The letter ctitized the president, this outraged the American people.
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Part of the Two Ocean fleet the U.S.S Maine was stationed at the Harbor of Havana. The U.S.S Maine suddenly blew up, for reasons still unknown. The Yellow Journalist were quick to accuse the Spanish for the incident. This was the last straw for America.
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Commodore George Dewey gives command to open fire on the Spanish fleet located at Manila, in the Phillippeans
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United States forces land on the coast of Cuba, these forces were made up of 17,000 men including the Rough Riders, and four African American regiments.
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The most famous land battle occured near Santiago, when Roosevelt and the Rough Riders charge up Kettle Hill, Although the newspapers called it the charge of San Juan Hill.
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the 108-mile-long, 40-mile-wide island was one of Spain's two priciple possessions, although U.S forces saw little resistance, and lost only 1 large man
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Spain and the United States met in Paris to form a treaty. Spain let go of Cuba, turned Guam and Puerto Rico over to the United States, and sold the Philippeans to America for 20 million dollars.
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Congress passed the Foraker Act whick ended military rule in Puerto Rico and set up a government in which the President of the U.S. could appoint Puerto Rico's governor and members of the upper house of the legislature. Members of the lower house were elected by Puerto Ricans
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Congress extended U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans and gave them the right to elect both houses of their legislature
