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Spain criticize the United States
-Pulitzer published it in the "New York Journal".
- Spanish Minister Enrique Dupuy de Lóme's letter criticizing McKinley.
- The letter forewarned about America's intervention in Cuba against Spain. -
The U.S.S. Maine explodes
- Spain was blamed for sinking the U.S.S Maine.
- U.S.S. Maine is sunken off the coast of Havana.
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Congress passes the Teller Amendment
- The amendment says that "the U.S can't annex Cuba"
- Teller Amendment was a response to Mckinley's was speech
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War began between Spain and U.S.
- Spain was first to declare war (April 24,1898)
- U.S declares war against Spain the next day
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U.S and Cuba attack Spain
- Spain is attack on the southern coast of Cuba
- Spanish General Vara del Rey, Spanish General Linares and Navy Captain Joaquín Bustamante died in battle.
- Winning permitted the U.S to siege Santiago de Cuba
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Spanish fleet Santiago Bay
- U.S. squadron destroyed all of the Spanish boats.
- Of the Spanish 350 dead and 160 was wounded.
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Spanish surrender to the U.S.
- U.S and Spain agreed to stop fighting
- The war comes to an unofficial end.
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Spanish-American War Ends
- Officially ends the war and hostilities between Spain and U.S
- Spain and U.S. sign cease-fire agreement
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Treaty of Paris
- U.S sign the Treaty of Paris
- U.S get control of Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico for $20 million
