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May 14, 2010 · The Spanish-American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western...
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Apr 14, 2024 · Spanish-American War, (1898), conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America.
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- Battle of Manila Bay, undated print.
- U.S. troops occupying a position near Manila during the Spanish-American War.
- William T. Sampson.
- Theodore Roosevelt (centre left with glasses) and the Rough Riders, July 1898.
- Buffalo soldiers of the 9th Cavalry during the Spanish-American War, 1898.
- U.S. troops on the march in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, 1898, drawing by William J. Glackens.
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Timeline of significant events related to the Spanish-American War (1898). The war lasted less than a year but resulted in the end of Spanish colonial rule in the Americas. Spain renounced all claim to Cuba and ceded Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States.
Sep 14, 2020 · From early Spanish colonialism to civil and worker rights laws to famous firsts to Supreme Court decisions on immigration, see a timeline of notable events in U.S Hispanic and Latinx history.
February 7–22 – The United States compete at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and win 6 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze medals. February 7 – Roger Nicholas Angleton commits suicide in a prison cell in Houston, Texas and admits to murdering socialite Doris Angleton in his suicide note.
April 25, 1898: US declares war on Spain. May 1, 1898: Battle of Manila Bay (Philippines) May, 1898: Passage of the Teller Amendment. July 1, 1898: San Juan Hill taken by "Rough Riders". July 3, 1898: Battle of Santiago Spain's Caribbean fleet destroyed. July 7, 1898: Hawaii annexed.
Americans aboard the Olympia prepare to fire on Spanish ships during the Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898. The United States was simply unprepared for war. What Americans had in enthusiastic spirit, they lacked in military strength.
