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The DeLome Letter
a note written by Señor Don Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, to Don José Canelejas, the Foreign Minister of Spain. -
Sinking of the USS Maine
The United States battleship was blown up in an explosion which killed 260 men on board. -
US declared war on spain
. The U.S. government put in a naval blockage of Cuba and attacked the Spanish fleet at Manila in the Philippines to achieve command of the sea and stop reinforcement and the resupply of the Spanish overseas forces -
The battle of Manila
The war was a major Asian encounter of the Spanish-American War, which sealed the transfer of the Philippines from the Spanish Empire to the United States -
Battle of San Juan Hill
also known as the battle for the San Juan Heights,The "Rough Riders" enlisted cowboys and college men led by Roosevelt under the command of Leonard Wood. They arrived in Cuba in time to take part in the Battle of San Juan Hill. -
Treaty of Paris
it was an agreement made in 1898 that resulted in the Spanish Empire's surrendering control of Cuba ,Puerto Rico, parts of the Spanish West Indies, the island of Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.
