Spanish-American War
There was many causes for the Spanish-American War. One was that a letter was stolen (the de Lome letter) that the Spanish minister wrote of contempt for President McKinley. Another was the sinking of the battleship, Maine, killing 260 men. This, and eye witnesses that are in the congress, caused hatred and the war began!
The US issued for war against Spain on April 25, 1898. On may 1, the war began on the Phillipines Islands. The Spanish held no chance though! The US won the first battle. When more troops arrived in late July they told of their conquer in Guam. The governor had no idea that the nation was at war! A peace protocal was made, but Wesley Merritt attacked Manila the very next day, unaware of the peace treaty!
On July 1, 1898, the US army attacked San Juan heights. While going up San Juan Hill, US troops inflicted 1,700 casualties. Finally, on July 16, the Spaniards surrendered to the 23,500 troops surrounding the city.
The war ended when a peace treaty was signed in Paris on December 10, 1898, which gave freedom to Cuba, which was under control by the Spaniards, and gave Puerto Rico and Guam to the US! Unfortunately, the war had cost the US $250 million and 3,000 lives. (90% of those lives died from infectious disease!)
Even though we won in the end...it was still costly! It was also sad how many died because of disease that was caused becase not many were clean! I know it's hard to stay clean when many needed your help...but it could've saved many more lives if the doctors had used clean tools. Personally, I love studying wars...even though they usually come with deaths. I still love the action and how the US always seems to get stronger and better after each war!
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