The Spanish and American war was against Spain and the united states.
Famous people:
President William McKinley: He was the 25th President.
Theodore Roosevelt: He wasn't supposed to be president, but McKinley died so our Vise President Became our 26th President. (youngest president)
Russell Alexander Alger: secretary of the war
John Milton Hay: One of President Abraham Lincoln's private secretaries during the Civil War.
Fitzhugh Lee: He was a graduate of the US military Academy. (1856)
Joseph Pulitzer: he wanted to be a solider, he was rejected by three different army's because of his weakness in eye sight.
William Randolph Hearst: Born in San Fransisco, in the Later years of the Civil War.
Frederick Remington: A tall man from Canton.
Stephen Crane: 14th son of and youngest of Reverend J. T. Crane, he grew up frail and was almost always sick.
Richard Harding Davis: "The First Modern War Correspondent"
Captain Charles D. Sigsbee: Navel Officer.
Commander Richard Wainwright: he was respected before the Spain war broke out.
Admiral George Dewey: graduated fifth in his class at the US Naval Academy, and Servived during the Civil War.
Battles And Big Events:
McKinley elected president: He had Two campaign promises: One was Protect American business and the second one was Free the Cuban people.
February 9, 1898 Negotiations between the Spain and U.S, break down after an insulting letter from Spanish ambassador was published. Dupuy de Lome had written that Pres. McKinley was weak and a would-be politician. He had resigned, though American people are angered.
February 25, 1898 Assistant Secretary Theodore Roosevelt orders Admiral Dewey to prepare for Asian war Roosevelt tells Dewey to attack Spanish fleet in the Philippines if war broke out between U.S. and Spain.
April 11, 1898 McKinley asks Congress to declare war-Spain agrees to all American demands then McKinley tells Congress that God has told him to attack the Spanish forces.
June 1898 Roosevelt's Rough Riders take San Juan Hill this is the cause of Roosevelt’s achieves heroic stature for leading men (sans horses) up hill overlooking Santiago Harbor.
July 3, 1898 Americans destroy Spanish Caribbean fleet Every Spanish warship is sunk as fleet tries to run to open sea.
http://www.homeofheroes.com/wallofhonor/spanish_am/18_people.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
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