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U.S Attempt to Purchase Cuba
American sugar interests bought up large tracts of land in Cuba. Alterations in the U.S. sugar tariff favoring home-grown beet sugar helped stir up interest of revolutionary passion in 1895. By that time the U.S. had more than $50 million invested in Cuba and annual trade, mostly in sugar, was worth twice that much. This took place during slavery. -
José Martí
A cuban poet and journalist in exile in New York, launched a revolution in 1895. He was proven to have a talent in writing. He had several poems published at the age of 15. In 1868 the conflict between Cuban nationalists and Spainish loyalists became known as the Ten Year's War. To advance his cause he wrote the newspaper called La Patria Libre. During this time he also wrote "abdala", which is a poem he also wrote, in which he dreamed of liberation. -
Cuba's first War for Independance
It was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain the other two were the Ten Years War and the Little War. The last three months of conflict turned to the Spanish American War. The United States deployed in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philipine Islands against the enemy Spain. -
Valeriano Weyler was sent to Cuba by Spain
Valeriao Weyler was a Spanish General. Spain sent Valeriano Weyler to restore order. Weyler led most of the rebellions and the entire rural population of central and western cuba into barbed wire concentration camps. Inside the concentration camps the people were not treated that good, and diseases and hunger struck. There was barely any water and space for everyone. -
Yellow Press, or Yellow Journalism
Yellow Journalism was a sensational style of writing, which exaggerates the news using exciting and interesting facts to lure and enrage readers In the late 19th century it was one of many factors that helped push the U.S. and Spain into war in Cuba and the Philippines. -
Publication of The De Lome Letter
De Lome Letter was published by señor Don Enrique Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish Anbassador to the United States. The letter referred to the president as "weak" and also the letter insulted and made a fool out of him. Making the letter public was unintentional. -
Explosion of the USS Maine
The Maine was the first ship that was named after the state Maine. The Maine had been sent to Cuba to protect the interests of Americans there after a rebellion against Spanish rule broke out in Havana in January. Maine quickly sank and killed 3/4 of her crew members. It is unknown how the ship exploded or who did it, but later some people were mad because of the exaggeration of yellow journalism. The saying "Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain" Later that year The Spanish American War occure -
Capture of Puerto Rico
The US along with Spain met up in Paris to set up a deal. In this deal, Spain freed Cuba and turned over the islands of Guam along with Puerto Rico. The philipines was bought by the US for $20,000,000. The American transport ship Seneca, a chartered vessel that carried troops to Puerto Rico and Cuba. -
U.S Declares War on Spain
On April 11th McKinley asked congress permission to use force against Spain. A week later, congress agreed. United States and Spain both wanted war. 10 days later the US moved into the Philipines where they fought the first battle. McKinley doesn't want to declare war on Spain but in order to be president for anylonger he needed to lead war. -
Attack on Manila Bay
The Battle of Manila Bay took place on May 1st 1898, during the Spanish American War. The Battle took place in Manila Bay, in the Philipines. It was the first major engagement of the Spanish-American War. The battle was one of the biggest navy battles in histroy and marked the end of the Spanish colonial period. Philipines. -
U.S forces invade Cuba
US forces landed in Cuba in June of 1898. They landed with an army of 17,000 men. That army consisted of four African American Regiments and a volunteer regiment. Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood were the volunteer cavalry over the Rough Riders. They won the war later on and Theodore became president becuase of it even though he wan’t a big part of the war. This was benificial to TR winning the votes over to become president. -
The Battle of San Juan Hill
It took place near Santiago on July 1st. Battle of San Juan Hill was one month after the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. The battle began in May of 1898. The first part of the battle, on nearby Kettle hill, featured a dramatic uphill charge by the Rough Riders and two African-American regiments, the Ninth and Tenth Cavalries. It wasn’t until July 3rd, two days later when Spanish fleet tried to escape the American bolckade of the harbor at Santiago, finally Cuba and Spain surrendered. It wa -
Destruction of the Spanish Fleet
Fighting began in the Philipines Islands at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1st where commodore George Dewey said to Gridley, “You may fire when ready, Gridley”. Then the Spanish fleet under Rear Admiral Patricio Montojo was destroyed. -
Armistice is signed between the U.S. and Spain
On August 12, 1898, the United States and Spain signed an armistice agreement, bringing an end to the Spanish-American War. The agreement, called the “Protocol of Peace,” marked a decisive American victory and signaled the transition of the US into a world power, with Spain relinquishing control over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. -
The Treaty of Paris
The U.S finally bought the Philipines with the Treaty of Paris. 1898, Spain gave up the Philipines, Puerto rico and Guam in exchange for $20 million from the U.S. And the war was finally over on December 10, 1898.
