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Cuba fights for independence
American newspapers start writing about the brutality of Spanish people to the Cubans. While all that is happening, Cuba tries to get her freedom from Spain, so it starts a rebellion. -
Yellow Journalism
Starts when Pulitzer and Hearts start exaggerating the problem between Cuba and Spain to gain more readers. In newspapers, they exaggerate the brutality of the Spanish government. -
Spanish Pacific fleet is destroyed
On the first battle, Americans destroy the Spanish Pacific fleet, and about four hundred sailors die -
Battleship Maine
The battleship Maine was sent by the Americans to Havana to make Cubans feel more secure, but on that night, the battleship was destroyed, and 266 officers died. That made the Americans get involved in the war between Spain and Cuba -
Enrique Dupuy de Lôme sends a letter
On the 9th of February of the year 1898, the Spanish Ambassador of the United States, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, sent a letter to the president William McKinley saying to him, that he was so weak. The letter was published on the newspaper and made a lot of Americans feel bad and angry with Spain -
Mc Kinley declares the war to Spain
On the 11 of April of the year 1898, the president Mc Kinley asks the Congress to declare the war to Spain, but he stills not declare the war, he has to wait until the 25th of April. People accuse the president of being weak. -
Spain declares the War
On the 24th of April, Spain declares the war to the USA, even they are not prepared to get involved inside a war.