Key Events Battles Spanish American War

Key Events & Battles: Spanish-American War

Event/Battle	Date	Location	Significance
Spanish send Valeriano ("Butcher") Weyler to Cuba to put down Cuban rebellion	February 1895	Cuba	Cuban towns turned into concentration camps, rebels are tortured. Newspaper publishers Pulitzer and Hearst print sensational stories to boost circulation. This came to be known as the "Yellow Press."
McKinley elected president	November 1896	U.S.	Two campaign promises: 1) Protect American business and 2) Free the Cuban people.
Negotiations between Spain and U.S. break down after insulting letter from Spanish ambassador is published	February 9, 1898	New York Journal	Dupuy de Lome had written that Pres. McKinley was "...weak...and a would-be politician..." He resigns, though American people are angered.
U.S.S. Maine blows up	February 15, 1898	Havana Harbor	260 American sailors killed after mysterious explosion. Yellow Press call for war against Spain ("Remember the Maine"), offer rewards for proof of Spanish plot.
Assistant Secretary Theodore Roosevelt orders Admiral Dewey to prepare for Asian war	February 25, 1898	Washington, D.C.	Roosevelt tells Dewey to attack Spanish fleet in the Philippines if war broke out between U.S. and Spain.
McKinley asks Congress to declare war	April 11, 1898	Washington, D.C.	Although Spain agrees to all American demands, McKinley tells Congress that God has told him to attack the Spanish forces.
Dewey sinks Spanish fleet	May 1, 1898	Manila Bay	In just seven hours, the entire Spanish Asian fleet is sunk. U.S. suffers one death.
Roosevelt's Rough Riders take San Juan Hill	June 1898	Santiago, Cuba	Roosevelt achieves heroic stature for leading men (sans horses) up hill overlooking Santiago Harbor.
Americans destroy Spanish Caribbean fleet	July 3, 1898	Off southern Cuban coast	Every Spanish warship is sunk as fleet tries to run to open sea.
U.S.-Filipino War	1898-July 1902	Philippine Islands	Led by Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipinos fought Americans for independence. Effort fails and Philippines stay under American control until captured by Japan in 1942.

Results of Spanish-American War
1. 385 American battle deaths (1/20th the number lost at Gettysburg)
2. Several thousand deaths from disease and poisoned meat
3. Cost: $250,000,000
4. U.S. acquires Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippine Islands (100,000 sq. miles, 10 million people) for $20 million
5. Anti-Imperialists angered by anti-democratic aspects of imperialist efforts
6. Teller Amendment pledged that U.S. would guarantee self-rule to Cubans
7. Platt Amendment restricted Cuban foreign policies and gave U.S. land for coaling or naval stations
Please cite this source when appropriate:
Feldmeth, Greg D. "U.S. History Resources"
http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/USHistory.html (31 March 1998).

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