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1868
Cubans launched a series of revolts against Spanish -
1878
Jose Marti leader exiled to america - inspired Cuban imdependence -
1892
Marti founded the Cuban Revolutionary party -
1895
Cubans revolted against the spanish - Marti was killed in battle -
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Yellow Journalism
Americans felt bad for the Cubans and Americans got info from newspapers (NY journal , NY world) - wrote crazy stories called yellow journalism -
1897
Hearst (newspaper owner) sends someone to Cuba to create pictures of how bad the Cubans were being treated -
1898
Journal (newspaper) publishes a letter from spains minister that calls US president McKinley weak -
1898
US send battleship USS Maine to Havana, Cuba to protect US lives - the ship blows up and soliders die. -
1898
Spain refuses to make Cuba independent start of spanish american war -
1898
US opend fire on th spanish fleet in the Phillippines battle of manila bay/ US won -
1898
Spanish forces surrender in the Phillipines -
1898
Battle of San Juan Hill - Buffalo soliders (black people). Rough Riders beat Spanish -
Battle of Santiago
US navy sank the Spanish fleet off the coast of Cuba. Spanish troops surrender. Cuba: independent. Puerto Rico: US buys Phillipines for 20million -
1898
Flipinos against annexation created the anti-imperialist league -
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US Unprepared for war
bad food supply , supplies left over the civil war , wool uniforms (summer weather) , volunteers for war -
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Annex (formally add) the Phillipines
Pro: US stronger, more land, place to re-fuel boats
Cons: distance, immigrants, violence -
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Teller Amendment
Once Cuba is free from Spain the US has to leave -
1899
Annexation of the Phillipines was approved.
Fighting erupts between Americas and Filipinos -
1901
Fighting ends between US and Filipinos -
1916
Filipinos get their right to vote and control their government -
Phillipines Independence
US granted full independence to the Phillipines -
1890
Spain lost all of its colonies except for Cuba and the Phillipines
