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Spain Rejected U.S.
When the U.S. wanted to buy Cuba from Spain, the Spanish rejected us saying the would rather see Cuba sunk in the ocean -
Cuban Revolt
The Cuban people revolted against spain between 1868 and 1878, And American sympathies were sent to Cuba to help the people. The Revolt Was unsuccessful. -
Sugar Plantations
American Capitalists began to invest millions of dollars in large sugar cane plantations on the Island after the emancipation of slavery in Cuba -
Second War For Independence
In 1895, Jose Marti started a revolution in Cuba. The rebels were deliberately destroying property, both Spanish and American, in order to provoke American intervention for 'Cuba Libre!' which made Americans sympathetic towards the rebels. -
Concentration Camps
Spain responded to the cuban revolt by herding the entire rural population of Cuba into concentration camps. 300,000 people filled the camps and thousands died of hunger and disease. This led America to war. -
Yellow Journalism
Journalists like Hearst and Pulitzer printed exaggerated stories of poisoned wells and of children being thrown to the sharks had Americans crying for war. -
The U.S.S. Maine
The US had sent the U.S.S. Maine to Cuba to bring home Americans in danger and protect American property. On February 15, 1898 the ship blew up in the Havana harbor. American newspapers had placed the blame on the Spanish. 260 men were killed. -
War With Spain Erupts
On April 11, McKinley asked Congress to use force against Spain and after a week of debate, Congress agreed, and on April 20 the United States declared war. -
War In The Philippines
The first battle of the war took place in a Spanish colony on the Philippine Islands. Within hours of opening fire on the Spanish fleet at Manila, they had destroyed every Spanish ship there. In August, Spanish troops in Manila surrendered to the United States. -
The War in the Caribbean
In Cuba, only a small professional army force with a large inexperienced volunteer force occupied cuba. 125,000 Americans had volunteered to fight. Because of the large numbers, they were not equipped sufficiently for Cuba. -
San Juan Hill
The most famous land battle in Cuba took place near Santiago. The first part of the battle was a dramatic uphill charge. The victory cleared the way for an infantry attack on San Juan Hill. -
The Armistice
On August 12, The U.S. and Spain signed an armistice, ending a war that lasted only 16 weeks of fighting. -
Treaty of Paris
On December 10, The U.S. and Spain went to Paris to agree on a treaty. Spain freed Cuba and turned over Guam and Puerto Rico. -
Spain Sold the Philippines
Another agreement of the Treaty of Paris was that Spain would sell the Philippines to the U.S. This set off debate because the Filipinos didnt want another imperialistic country controlling it, they wanted their independence.
