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Spanish-American War

Spanish-American War. 42-122 US 1877 to the Present. Spanish-American War [1898]. The Spanish-American War was a military conflict between Spain and the United States that began in April 1898. Hostilities halted in August of that year, and the Treaty of Paris was signed in December.

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Spanish-American War

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  1. Spanish-American War 42-122 US 1877 to the Present

  2. Spanish-American War [1898] • The Spanish-American War was a military conflict between Spain and the United States that began in April 1898. • Hostilities halted in August of that year, and the Treaty of Paris was signed in December.

  3. Five Basic Causes of the War • A New Sense of Nationalism in the US • American Expansionism: the Manifest Destiny impulse • Need for New Markets • Militarism [Big Navy Philosophy, Alfred Mahon, The Influence of Seapower on History • Yellow Journalism [Hearst and Pulitzer]

  4. The Sinking of the MaineFebruary 15, 1898

  5. TR and Spanish American War • Theodore Roosevelt actively encouraged intervention in Cuba and, while assistant secretary of the Navy, placed the Navy on a war-time footing. • He ordered Commodore George Dewey and the Pacific fleet to the Philippines, and he worked with Leonard Wood in convincing the Army to raise an all-volunteer regiment, the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry. • Wood was given command of the regiment that quickly became known as the "Rough Riders."

  6. War with Spain Declared • McKinley was president during the Spanish-American War. • Spain broke off diplomatic relations with the United States and declared war on April 23. • On April 25, Congress declared that a state of war between the United States and Spain had existed since April 20 (later changed to April 21).

  7. Main Battleground: CUBA

  8. Battle of Manila Bay • The Battle of Manila Bay took place on 1 May 1898, during the Spanish-American War. • The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey engaged the Spanish Pacific Squadron it. • The engagement took place in Manila Bay, the Philippines, and was the first major engagement of the Spanish-American War.

  9. Treaty of Paris [1898] • In accordance with the treaty Spain: • gave up all rights to Cuba [not annexed] • surrendered Puerto Rico and gave up its possessions in the West Indies, • surrendered the island of Guam to the United States • surrendered the Philippines to the United States.

  10. Consequences of the Treaty of Paris • U.S. becomes a world power • US areas of imperial control: • Caribbean [Cuba: a protectorate] • Guantanamo Naval Base • Puerto Rico [US territory] • Far East • Philippines: Filippino Insurrection begins

  11. Guantanamo Naval Base The United States assumed territorial control over Guantánamo Bay under the 1903 Cuban-American Treaty, which granted the United States a perpetual lease of the area without the Cuban Government reacting.

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