Alaska was purchased in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars. There was some unrest between Great Britain and the U.S. over this because Great Britain thought the U.S. was then going to try to conquer Canada.
Hawaii was obtained by the U.S. in 1898 originally for the resource of sugar cane.
The Spanish American War was fought between Spain and the U.S. over the destruction of the U.S.S. Maine which probably was not Spain's doing anyway. Both sides were painted by each other as horrible imperialist countries.
Battles of The Spanish American War: Guam, The battle of Santiago, Battle of San Juan Hill( Teddy Roosevelt fought in this battle). Most of the battles were naval battles.
Famous People in the War: McKinley was President, Teddy Roosevelt(fought), Leonard Wood. The rough riders were the most famous group in the war.
The US was the militarily superior so the war was won easily. Cuba won independence from Spain. The US lost about 3000 men, all but 385 of which died from illness. The Spanish sold us the Philippines. Cuba became a US territory but they were essentially independent.
In 1998 Spain gave control of Cuba to the US with the Treaty of Paris. In 1902 The US gave Cuba its independence through the Teller Amendment. The US retained the right to intervene to preserve Cuban Independence and stability with the Platt Amendment. We have a naval base in Guantanamo Bay still today. in 1934 the Platt Amendment was repealed.
The U.S. bought the Phillipines for 20 million dollars from the Spanish. There was a war between the U.S. and the Philippines after the Spanish American War. We killed as many as 1.5 million civilians in the duration of that war.
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