USS Maine

It was Secretary of State John Hay who called the war with Spain “a splendid little war”. According to an opinion article in the New York Times John Hays said this “It has been a splendid little war, begun with the highest motives, carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit, favored by that fortune which loves the brave”. The war lasted less than 100 days, but it consisted of a few different battles. The Spanish-American war signaled the rise of the U.S. being a superpower. As far as…

ongoing growth of industry had many Americans more interested in taking over colonies to expand across the seas. Harsh treatment of Cubans by the Spanish, the role of the press in creating an outcry for war against Spain, and an explosion on the USS Maine created blame on the Spanish which leads to "war fever". (Dolan, 2001) This short war, only lasted about ten weeks but showed the strength of America. In 1867 America purchased Alaska from Russia, the first long distant territory to be…

Robert Wilson was born on April 10th in 1898, which was the year that America went to war against the Kingdom of Spain over the explosion of the USS Maine. Ten days after Robert's birth, his father was drafted to fight the Spanish in Cuba. Sadly, he died during the Battle of San Juan Hill. His mother became a widow and got help from her (and her husband's) family members. Robert was the youngest child in the family of five and his mother took extra care of him. Every single child got the best…

settlement between Spain and the rebels. McKinley gave in to the public pressure, on April 11, 1898 he asked the congress to declare war on Spain so the congress did so. It made them want to go to war. The first war was not fought in Cuba, After the USS Maine blew up Roosevelt saw the prospect of the war growing. Eventually the war shifted to Cuba which got Spain involved with the war. The effects caused one of the best units called the Rough Riders that was lead by Roosevelt, he had given up…

Prior to the final decade of the 19th century, the United States was a non-interventionism nation that was preoccupied with dramatic economic expansion and relied the Monroe Doctrine as its sole foreign policy. After years of rejecting global adventurism and international involvement the United States had the ability to compete in the international arena of world superpowers. In designing American foreign policy during the 19th century, Imperialism played the most vital role. Mass Production…

The United States had progressively become more and more involved with foreign affairs in the 1860s-1920s. The United States ' influence had grown, just as much as the nation 's industrial power had grown during those years. Due to the United States growing imperialism "American 's were increasingly aware of themselves as an emerging world power." The United States ' surge of imperialism was aided by its drastic increase in military strength, and massive industrial and agriculture…

Cubans wanted us to move out. The cubans were living in famine and disease. The cubans were living in awful conditions and wanted a change. The Cubans started many riots. The most popular riot was is the riot in Havana on January 12. Our ship the USS Maine was destroyed in fire by Spain while in Havana harbor. They were mad about America involving ourselves in the Cuban-Spain Issue. All us Americans wanted to do was gain some land, harmlessly and help some hurting Cubans. Spain took that the…

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…

and rebel atrocities ignored, the editorial line read that America should aide the rebels. In 1898 the US battle ship, the USS Maine, blew up off the coast of Havana Cuba, killing more than 250 Americans. Although the cause was never discovered the media immediately jumped to the conclusion that the Spanish deliberately sunk the Maine, creating the slogan, “Remember the Maine,” which eventually drove public opinion toward…

The Spanish-American War of 1898 made the world recognize the United States as a dominant power. This hard fault battle that proceeded for about ten weeks resulted in a victory for the United States, defeating the once powerful Spanish military. In result the United States got to govern Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. Cuba, unlike the other three countries that were under the power of the United states, were able to become and independent nation. This war was started by the overall idea…