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William McKinley
William McKinley would be the president under the whole spainish american war -
USS Maine exploded
Many newspapers would exagerate it t for it to become a war many americans believed that the spainish caused the exploision it is now known that the whole thing was an accident -
yellow journalism
Many newspapers would compete for readers by exagerating the stories adding to the fuel for american to go to war with spain -
US declares war on spain
after the exploision of the maine President McKinley ask congress to declare war on spain and after a while congress accepts -
Manila
Assistant secratary of the navy Theodore Roosevelt was in command while the secratary of navy was on vacation and heard of Dewy's presence in both China,and Japan decided for Dewy's fleet to invade Manila the capital of the Spainish colony of the Phillipines , when the fleet reached Manila the were helped by rebles hoping for independence. -
war in cuba
this is when war in cuba began, the marines captured Guantamano bay and to this day we have a prision facilty and a naval base there -
The rough riders
Theodore Roosevlt founded the rough riders, though they were trained to fight on horseback there wasn't enough room for all the horses therefore the men had to fight on foot, however the leaders still brought the horses to the fighting -
Guam
the cruiser Charleston stoped at Guam and received the surrender from the spainish governor there who was unaware that his country was at war -
Treaty of Paris
This was the treaty that gave cuba indepence but a protectorate of the united states -
economics
the spanish american war cost the united states $250,000,000
