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U.S. attempts to purchase Cuba
In 1854, the U.S. is wanting to buy Cuba from Spain and Spain claimed that they would rather see Cuba sunk in the ocean than have America control it. For a long period of time, America has had an interest in Cuba. -
Cuba's first war for independence
by the end of the 19th century, Spain, once the most powerful colonial nation on earth, had lost most of its colonies. it retained only the Philippines and Guam. in the pacific. with a few outposts in Africa, and the Caribbean islands of Cuba. This war was for freedom against Spain. the Cubans fought against Spain for freedom and they did not succeed. The Cuban revolt against Spain was not successful, but in 1886 the Cuban people did force Spain to abolish slavery. -
valilore wiler get sent to cuba by spain
After Arsenio Martínez Campos had failed to pacify the Cuban Rebellion, the Conservative government of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo sent Weyler out to replace him. That met the approval of most Spaniards, who thought him the proper man to crush the rebellion. -
Jose Marti led Cuba's second war for independence
Brought U.S. supporters to fight in Cuba. He started the movement to fight. He spent much of his time planning the second Cuban struggle for independence. -
The Yellow press began to shape American public opinion with respect to Cuba's Civil War
The Yellow Journalists of America created stories of poisoned wells and of
children being thrown to the sharks deepened American sympathy for the rebels. -
Battle of San Juan Hill
was a major battle of the Spanish–American. it was the only battle that involved all four buffalo soldier regiments, the 9th and 10th Cavalry, and the 24th and 25th Infantry. -
capture of Puerto Rico
the American military sea and land operation on the island of Puerto Rico during the Spanish–American War. Spanish-American War as part of a broader effort to push Spain out of the Caribbean and the Pacific. -
U.S invades cuba
in June 1898 the American troops landed in Cuba and began to converge the port city of Santiago with troops of 17,000, including African Americans. I feel like this is promoting freedom because the Americans are fighting to end the Spanish fleets. The naval battle that followed, along the Cuban coast, ended in the destruction of the Spanish fleet. -
Destruction of the Spanish fleet in Cuba
By the end of the battle, the Spanish fleet had been completely destroyed. The Spanish lost more than 300 killed and 150 wounded out of 2,227 men, or approximately 22% of the fleet. 1,800 officers and men were taken prisoner by the Americans, and roughly 150 returned to Cuba. -
Naval blockade of Cuba
in the Caribbean, hostilities had started with the naval blockade in Cuba. admiral William T Sampson effectively sealed off the Spanish fleet. I think this was for freedom because the u.s is helping Cuba by blocking them off from the Spanish fleet. -
Explosion of the USS Maine
So the USS Maine exploded after America went over there to save the American People. So they didn't get injured during the war. So they took their ship over to Cuba to save the Americans and to save their property. America put Cuba at fault for the ship blowing up. But Im on America's side with all this because they just went over there to save what was theirs. In the book, it says "American newspapers claimed that the spanish blew up the ship." -
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U.S. Declares war on Spain
When the U.S. declared war on Spain. It was mainly because a ship had exploded. The U.S.S. Maine was sent to Cuba by President McKinley to bring home American citizens in danger from the fighting and to protect American land. Later on, the ship was blown up in the harbor of Havana. The first to be expected was Spain. The government of Spain apologized for blowing up the ship. After a ton of discussions and arguing, on April 20, 1898, the U.S. finally declared war against Spain. -
U.S. Attack on Manila Bay
During this war, George Dewey gave the U.S. permission to open fire. Within a few hours, Dewey's men allowed the U.S. troops to land in the Philippines. So George was on the U.S. side for this because they also wanted freedom from Spain. Which eventually lead to the Spanish surrendering to the U.S. It say that just like cubians they wanted freedom. -
Spanish surrendered to the philippines
The Philippines leader gave permission to fire on the Spanish. Which lead the U.S. to come and fight the Spanish as well. The Spanish eventually had enough and decided to forfeit. So the Philippines helped out the U.S. -
Armistice is signed between the U.S and Spain
the U.S and Spain signed an armistice, a cease-fire agreement, on august 12. i think this helped with the democracy because it stopped war and it caused peace and no more killing of each other. -
Treaty of Paris of 1898
The Treaty of Paris was an agreement between the U.S. and Spain to a ceasefire. Spain also sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million. -
publication of the De Lome letter
In 1989 the Spanish minister, Enrique de lome had written a letter that criticized the current president. This caused more outrage towards the Spanish. This promoted democracy and the reason I think that is because the Americans were working with the Spanish for a little bit and then the letter got leaked and caused outrage. "written by Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, the Spanish minister to the United States. A Cuban rebel had stolen the letter from a Havana post office and leaked it to the newspaper