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the spanish american war
This was a war between spain and america because of the bombing of the american ship the USS maine. -
the inauguration of william mckinley
This was our president during the time of the spanish american war -
the bombing of the USS maine
- the USS maine was a US battleship
- it is thought that spain had bombed the ship
- this was the spark for the spanish american war
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the declaration of war
-President mckinley was our president at the time he declared war on spain
- Mckinley did this because of yellow journalism
- the information was spread by the joseph pulitzer and william randolph hearst. -
the end of the war
-the US beats spain
- spain was greatly outnumbered during this war
- the battle only lasted 6 days -
the battle of santiago de cuba
- this was a naval battle that occurred off the coast of cuba
- the was also a US Victory
- the US navy was much better than spain's
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SURENDER
-when cuba surrender to america during their naval battle
-the that was the last battle of the of the war
- this battle lead to a peace treaty -
welcome hawaii
hawaii was once an independent nation
hawaii is a territory for the US
the US used the war as a reason for US taking over hawaii -
CEASE FIRE
-the treaty of peace was was the treaty of paris.
-these stopped the US from imperialism upon spain.
-spain also granted independence amongst cuba