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McKinley becomes president
Was the United States 25th President.
McKinley was the last president to serve in the American Civil War.
During the Civil War McKinley sttarted as a private in the Union Army and ended as a brevet major. -
Yellow Journalism
The main yellow journalist are William Randolf Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer.
Yellow Journalism-writing which exaggerates, sensational, dramatic, and gruesome events to attract readers.
Major New York cities where involved. -
Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine
The U.S.S. Maine exploded (sank) in Havana, Cuba.
The Maine was America's first battleship and cost more han $2 million to build.
The maine was sent to protect American interest.
When the Maine sank it killed 266 of the 354 crew members on board.
The U.S. Navy reported that the Maine was blown up by a mine(1898), but today historians beleive that a malfunctionn was the cause of the explosion. -
The United States Declares War!
The U.S. Maine was send intoo the Havannan Harber in January 1898
On April 15th the U.S.S. Maine exploded
On April 25th the United States declared war on Spain -
Theodore Roosevelt sends Dewy
Roosevelt sends Dewey to launche a surprise attack in the Philippines
Within mere hours Dewey dominated the Philippines -
Theodore Roosevelt
After Theodore left Cuba he ran for governor of New York
Then when McKinnley died of gunshot Vice President Theodore Roosevelt became President Roosevelt -
Treaty of Paris
the Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish American War!
