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War with Spain
The Beginning
• U.S. wants war• “Remember the Maine!”
• Spain tried to avoid it• Agrees to 6 month cease fire in Cuba
• U.S. people favored war still
• McKinley gets permission to declare war on Spain
War in the Philippines
• Fist battle takes place in Philippines• Spain thought Cuba would be first place
• George Dewey (Commodore in Navy) gives orders to open fire on Spanish fleet in Manila• Destroyed Spain’s naval fleet
War in the Caribbean
• U.S. blockades Cuba
• We now know that U.S. navy is superior to Spanish navy• A lot of volunteers sign up for war• Lack of weapons
• Unfit clothing for Cuban weather
Rough Riders
• U.S. forces land in Cuba (June 1898)• 4 African-American regiments
• Rough Riders -> volunteer Calvary under command of Leonard Wood and Teddy Roosevelt
• First significant battle at Kettle Hill• Wanted to take San Juan Hill
• 2 days later Spain tries to escape Cuba• Naval battle in which U.S. wins
• July 25 -> U.S. enters Puerto Rico
Treaty of Paris
• Fighting in war last only 15 weeks
• U.S. and Spain meet in Paris• Spain gives island of Guam and Puerto Rico to U.S.
• Spain sells Philippines to U.S. for $20 mil
• Does U.S. have right to annex the Philippines?• Cultural superiority steps in as answer
• Americans present moral arguments against the annexation of the Philippines
• U.S. grows into empire