The United States got themselves involved in the war to help assist the Cubans in their fight for independence. By helping Cuba in their fight the U.S was helping protect their highly valuable trade routes they had with Cuba. Spain’s brutal acts to suppress Cuba began to appear in U.S newspapers which caused support to enter the war. Even though President William McKinley was against entering into a war and attempted to prevent the war and U.S involvement. After the unexpected sinking of the USS Maine on February 15, 1898 the U.S grow egar for war and in April Spain declared war against the United States and the following day U.S declared war on Spain. The resulting war was sadly one-sided, since Spain had not prepared its army or its navy for a distant war with a powerful country like the United States. The war was one of the shortest wars but it officially lasted four months with the United States itself as a world power.
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When the U.S troops arrived at San Juan Hill they were surprised to find 500 Spanish troops that held their ground against an army 10 times their size but in the end the Rough Riders and the 9th and 10th cavalry reached the crest of the San Juan and Kettle Hill. After reaching the crest the next day the U.S troops began to siege the city Santiago surrendered to Shafter on July 17, which officially ended the
When the U.S troops arrived at San Juan Hill they were surprised to find 500 Spanish troops that held their ground against an army 10 times their size but in the end the Rough Riders and the 9th and 10th cavalry reached the crest of the San Juan and Kettle Hill. After reaching the crest the next day the U.S troops began to siege the city Santiago surrendered to Shafter on July 17, which officially ended the