The Spanish-American War: Little War, Big Consequences

Spanish–American War - Wikipedia

In January 1898, the U.S. Navy armored cruiser USS Maine was sent to Havana to provide protection for U.S. citizens. After the Maine was sunk by a mysterious ...

The Spanish-American War, 1898 - Office of the Historian

On April 11, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress for authorization to end the fighting in Cuba between the rebels and Spanish forces, and to ...

Spanish-American War - Consequences, Treaty, US Expansion

The imposition of more taxes and trade restrictions prodded the economically distressed Cubans in 1895 to launch the Cuban War of Independence, ...