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Cubas 2nd War for Independence
Jose Marti was a cuban poet and journalist that helped the Cubans to start a revolution. Marti told the cubans to destroy all property especially the American-owned sugar mills. He started a second war for indepence from Spain. -
Concentration Camps
The Spanish send Valeriano Weyler to restore order to Cuba. Weyler tried to restore order by putting the western and central Cubans into barbed wired concentration camps. Thousands of Cubans died in these camps due to malnutrition and disease. -
Yellow Journalism
With Weyler creating these concentration camps, he ended up fueling a war over newpaper. William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were the newspaper tycoons. They created newspapers exaggerating stories to bring readers. -
Innaguaration of William McKinley
McKinley was innaguarated as the 25th President of the U.S. His campaign advocated for an independence for Cuba from Spain that he hoped would be peaceful. It was not and he would soon lead America to war against Spain. -
The DeLome Letter
The Cuban minister, Enrique Dupuy de Lome, wrote a private letter to the United States criticizing President William McKinley. Someone found out about the letter and took it from the cuban post office and sold it to the U.S. From there it was posted in all the newspapers. Embarrassed by the letter he wrote, Enrique Dupuy de Lome resigned from power. -
U.S.S. Maine
The U.S.S. Maine was sent to Cuba to bring home American citizens who were endanger from the fighting and to protect the American property. When sailing on the harbor of Havana, the U.S.S Maine exploded. More then 260 men died that day. No one knos why or how the ship exploded but everyone thinks that Spain blew it tup. -
War Begins
After Spain declares war on the US the preceding day, the US formally declares war on Spain. This was expected because Mckinley was calling for war for weeks preceding that. The war was only over the Philipines and was not expected to be in either country. -
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The War
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Battle of Manila Bay
The first battle of the war took place in a Spanish colony on the Philippine Islands. Within hours of opening fire on the Spanish fleet at Manila, they had destroyed every Spanish ship there. In August, Spanish troops in Manila surrendered to the United States. This was a slaughter of Spaish troops and set the tone for the war. -
Rough Riders
The Rough Riders were men that volvunteered to join the Spanish- American War. They were lead by Colonel Leonard Wood. His second in command was, later President, Theodore Roosevelt. This was a calvary regiment that is famous for the bravery in the battle of San Juan hill. -
Battle of San Juan Hill
The Rough Riders, led by Teddy Roosevelt charged up Kettle hill to take the Spanish position in Cuba. They were given cover fire by Lt. Parker and a Gatlin gun detachment. This proved key to their success as they took the hill in a short amount of time. -
Battle of Manilla
The Battle of Manila was a short land engagement between the United States and Spain at the end of the Spanish–American War. It occurred a couple of months after the pivotal American victory during the naval Battle of Manila Bay. The battle was jointly planned by the opposing Spanish and American forces to keep the city from falling to the Philippine Revolutionary Army. -
Yellow Fever
Yellow Fever begins to spread amomg the U.S. forces in Cuba and crippled the Army. Because of this widespread disease, the U.S. forces mostly withdrew from Cuba. Only one relatively healthy regiment of black soldiers remained and they became nicknamed the 'Immunes'. -
The Armistice
Spain signs The Spanish-American War armistice. This led to Cuba being granted it's independance, the annexation of Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and led to the Treaty of Paris. It signaled the end of the war shortly after it began. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed on December 10th of 1898, but did not come into play until April 11th, 1899. It was signed to end the Spanish- American war, when the Spanish surrendered, The Treaty of Paris stated that the Spanish must give up Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Phillipines. -
Territorial Aquisitions
Spain relinquishes its sovereignty over Cuba to the U.S. It also cedes Puerto Rico and Guam to U.S.; Lastly it cedes the Philippine Islands to U.S. for $20 million.
