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William McKinley is swarn in as the 25th President of the United States
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Cuban rebels start riots in the streets of Havana, Cuba
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The warship USS Maine which is docked in Havana harbor blows up, killing 260 people
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Yellow journalists blame the Spanish for the explosion of the Maine and create the slogan "Remember the Maine"
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Theodore Roosevelt wires Commodore Dewey in Hong Kong, he tells him to prepare for possible military action in the Philippines
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Congress recognizes Cuban independence and tells Spanish to leave immediately
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Congress declares war on Spain
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Commodore Dewey destroys most of the Spanish fleet in the Philippines after a surprise attack.
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Theodore Roosevelt resigns the position of assistant secretary of the Navy to start volunteer cavalry regiment.
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Theodore Roosevelt starts service with the First Regiment of U.S. Cavalry Volunteers, popularly known as the Rough Riders
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William Randolph Hearst says "You furnish the pictures, and I'll funish the war" to American artist Fredric Remington
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Spanish fleet enters the harbor at Santiago
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The Battle of San Juan Hill-the Rough Riders and the 9th and 10th African American regiments fight in a long battle
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The Spanish leave Cuba for Puerto Rico, officialy surrendering the island of Cuba to the US
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Spanish forces pull out of Puerto Rico and sign an armistice officialy ending the Spanish-American War
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The majority of American forces arrive back in Montauk, Long Island and are subject to quarantine
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The Treaty of Paris is signed and the U.S. gains Puerto Rico and Guam, we buy the Philippines from Spain for 20 million.
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The Senate ratifies the Treaty of Paris.