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On 25 April 1898, the United States Congress declared war upon Spain. The ensuing Spanish–American War resulted in a decisive victory for the United States, and arguably served as a transitional period for both nations. Spain saw its days of empire fade, as the United States saw the prospect of overseas empire emerge. [1]
The Spanish–American War [b] (April 21 – December 10, 1898) was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba , and resulted in the U.S. acquiring sovereignty over Puerto Rico , Guam , and the Philippines , and establishing a protectorate over Cuba.
March 27 – Spanish general election, 1898; April 11 – U.S. president William McKinley asks the U.S. Congress to declare war on Spain; April 25 – beginning of Spanish–American War; July 1 – Spanish–American War: Battle of El Caney; July 3 – Spanish–American War: Battle of Santiago de Cuba; December 10 – Treaty of Paris (1898)
April 23 - Denouncing the blockade as an act of war under international law, Spain declares war on the United States. [76] April 25 - The U.S. Congress declares that a state of war between the U.S. and Spain has existed since April 21. [76] April 27 - The U.S. Asiatic Fleet leaves Mirs Bay, Hong Kong, China, and heads for Manila. [80]
On April 25, the U.S. Congress declared that a state of war between the United States and Spain had existed since April 20. [8] One of the United States' principal objectives in the Spanish–American War was to take control of Spanish possessions in the Atlantic—Puerto Rico and Cuba—and their possessions in the Pacific—the Philippines ...
Boundary of the Philippines based on Treaty of Paris (1898) shown in green lines [1] The Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, commonly known as the Treaty of Paris of 1898, [a] was signed by Spain and the United States on December 10, 1898, that ended the Spanish–American War.
Cuban revolutionaries had staged revolts against Spanish colonial authority in the Ten Years' War (1868–1878), the Little War (1879–1880), and the Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898). [4] During the last war, Spanish General Valeriano Weyler established a policy of interning Cubans in camps he called reconcentrados , which functioned as ...
The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 20, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message.The amendment was introduced after the USS Maine exploded in February 1898, an event that heightened tensions occurring between the United States and Spain.