Spanish–American War

The Spanish -American war didn’t last long but it left a huge impact on spain and the caribbean islands. Spain’s navy was weakened and they had to give a lot of the islands to the U.S. This also gave the caribbean islands their independence from spain. Because of Yellow Journalism, Spanish cruelty towards Indians, U.S. support of cuba’s independence, and the sinking of the U.S.S Maine. The Spanish -American war started in April, 1898. The defination of yellow journalism is where newspapers…

November 2015 The Media War The Spanish American War was an easy victory for the United States. This war occurred in 1898 and left 3,289 Americans dead as well as 55,000 Spanish men. Sparks flew as the fuse was lit for the Spanish American War; the Spanish occupying Cuba, the de Lome Letter, the sinking of the USS Main, and yellow journalism were all precursors; war with the Spanish was inevitable. The Spanish American War happened for many reasons. The first was because of the Spanish…

On April 25, 1898 America declares war on Spain. After the USS Maine was sunk offshore of Cuba going to protect America’s economic aspects. Theodore Roosevelt gathered a regiment named the rough riders to fight in the battle against Spain. American had an easy victory over Spain taking control of Cuba, Porta- Rico, and Guam. As the rest of the world was building empires America feared if it did not do anything soon it would be over run. The Spanish-American war was a win-win for America it…

Spanish American not oppose Spanish American war will not oppose to the United States by the Spanish colonies. Spanish American war, United States won in 1898 as the result of winning we got Spain’s colonies that was in the Philippines. United States should not claim the Philippines and let them have their independence. This argument is from Document B and Document C. Documents C, show unfit for self-government they would be soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain was. “It…

1. Describe the Spanish American War including how the United States became involved. What was gained by the United States a result of the war? The Spanish-American War (1898) was a battle between the United States and the Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and brought about United States acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. The war started in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which started in February of 1895. The Cuban clash…

would work on improving their reputation with help from Teddy Roosevelt, by fighting Spanish-American war, and by building the Panama Canal. During the late 1800s the people of Cuba were locked in a battle against the Spanish for their independence. Many Americans wanted to help, but had to first convince the president to join the Cuban’s fight. On December 10 1898 the Spanish were defeated. The Spanish-American war helped show how strong the US army and navy really were, as this was the first…

Spanish American war involved Spain, America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. There were many reasons for this war, one of them was Cuba's unsuccessful attempt to revolt over Spain. The inhumane ways and methods the Spanish used to suppress the Cubans swayed many Americans to go to war with Spain. Also America was looking to expand its boundaries to outside the continental borders. War was waged on the Spanish on April 25, 1898. This was after the sinking of the Battleship Maine in…

What I learned in American history is three things is WW1 the New deal Spanish American War I’m talking about what happen in that time and the effect that it has today. The first topic is the Spanish American War that when we want more power people fought for land at that and we want the resources and money but that made a huge war. The effect is that we got the Philippines, Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico. The Philippines that almost starts a war because they wanted to be there own so there…

Assessing the following statement “The Spanish-American War was the defining moment in modern U.S. history…”, to what extent th U.S. achieved the objects which led it to enter World War one, and assessing the relative importance of German naval policy, allied propaganda, and American economic interests in America 's decision to declare war on Germany in 1917. The 1836-1848 Spanish-American war was and still is a defining moment in history. The Spanish-American war doesn’t always get the…

The war that some called the pleasant war or the spanish-american war. The war started when the u.s. declared war on Spain. After the ship Maine sank in Havana harbor. That is where it had all started. The date was February 15,1898. Long story short there was a treaty signed called the treaty of paris. The reason they signed the treaty was because the spanish lost or was on their way of losing and they thought they better sign it before america takes over. So they sign it. But here is an…