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  1. Apr 14, 2024 · April 21, 1898 - July 17, 1898. Location: Cuba. Manila Bay. Philippines. Participants: Spain. United States. Context: destruction of the Maine. Major Events: Battle of Manila Bay. Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Battle of San Juan Hill. Top Questions. What was the Spanish-American War? What were the causes of the Spanish-American War?

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
    • Missy Sullivan
    • 3 min
    • Causes: Remember the Maine! The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895. Spain’s brutally repressive measures to halt the rebellion were graphically portrayed for the U.S. public by several sensational newspapers engaging in yellow journalism, and American sympathy for the Cuban rebels rose.
    • War Is Declared. Spain announced an armistice on April 9 and speeded up its new program to grant Cuba limited powers of self-government. But the U.S. Congress soon afterward issued resolutions that declared Cuba’s right to independence, demanded the withdrawal of Spain’s armed forces from the island, and authorized the use of force by President William McKinley to secure that withdrawal while renouncing any U.S. design for annexing Cuba.
    • Spanish American War Begins. The ensuing war was pathetically one-sided, since Spain had readied neither its army nor its navy for a distant war with the formidable power of the United States.
    • Treaty of Paris. The Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish American War was signed on December 10, 1898. In it, Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20 million.
  2. The Spanish–American War (April 21December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.

    • April 21 – August 13, 1898, (3 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
  3. After a few abortive attempts at mediating the dispute, the United States declared war against Spain on April 11, 1898.

  4. The first battle was fought on May 1, in Manila Bay, where Commodore George Dewey’s Asiatic Squadron defeated the Spanish naval force defending the Philippines. On June 10, U.S. troops landed at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and additional forces landed near the harbor city of Santiago on June 22 and 24.

  5. Jul 6, 2022 · The Spanish-American War (1898) was fought between the United States and Spain, a conflict that ended with Spain losing most of its overseas empire and the U.S. emerging as a world power.

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