Spanish-American War

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    Hearst publishes Dupuy du Lome's letter insulting McKinley.
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    Sinking of the USS Maine
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    Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt cables Commodore Dewey with plan: attack the Philippines if war with Spain breaks out
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    McKinley approves war with Spain
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    Spain declares war on the US
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    US declares war on Spain
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    Battle of Manila Bay (Philippines)
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    Battle of Santiago Spain's Caribbean fleet destroyed.
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    City of Santiago surrenders to General William Shafter
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    Philippines declares itself an independent republic Led by Emilio Aguinaldo, the self-declared Filipino government fights a guerilla war against the US that lasts longer than the Spanish-American War itself.