Spanish American War

By aaronxstrange

  • USS Maine

    USS Maine
    a second-class battleship commissioned in 1895 that was part of the new U.S. Navy fleet of steel ships. It exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898 and precipitated U.S. entry into the Spanish-American War.

  • De Lome letter

    De Lome letter
    Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd.

  • Yellow Journalism

    Yellow Journalism
    journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.

  • Battle of San Juan

    Battle of San Juan
    a decisive battle of the Spanish–American War. The San Juan heights was a north-south running elevation about 2 kilometres east of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.