Spanish American War APUSH

By Luis Rivas10
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    Spanish American War

  • The DeLome Letter

    The DeLome Letter
    The De Lôme 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, reveals de Lôme's opinion about the Spanish involvement in Cuba and US President McKinley's diplomacy.

  • Sinking of the USS Maine

    Sinking of the USS Maine
    At 9:40pm on February 15, 1898, the battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 268 men and shocking the American populace. Of the two-thirds of the crew who perished, only 200 bodies were recovered and 76 identified. The sinking of the Maine, which had been in Havana since February 15, 1898, on an official observation visit, was a climax in pre-war tension between the United States and Spain.

  • US Declaration of War on Spain

    US Declaration of War on Spain
    On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain. It came as a result of a series of events that began with the explosion aboard the USS Maine (ACR-1) on February 15, 1898.

  • Attack on Manilla Bay

    Attack on Manilla Bay
    At Manila Bay in the Philippines, the U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the Spanish-American War. Nearly 400 Spanish sailors were killed and 10 Spanish warships wrecked or captured at the cost of only six Americans wounded.

  • Battle of San Juan Hill

    Battle of San Juan Hill
    The Battle of San Juan Hill, also known as the battle for the San Juan Heights, was a decisive battle of the Spanish–American War. The San Juan heights was a north-south running elevation about two kilometers east of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.This fight for the heights was the bloodiest and most famous battle of the war. It was also the location of the greatest victory for the Rough Riders, as claimed by the press and its new commander, the future vice-president, Theodore Roosevelt.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The Treaty of Paris of 1898, 30 Stat. 1754, was an agreement made in 1898 that resulted in the Spanish Empire's surrendering control of Cuba and ceding Puerto Rico, parts of the Spanish West Indies, the island of Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.