War of the Caribbean began in Cuba in 1898 with a naval blockade, and resulting in the U.S gaining control over colonies of the Spanish in Pacific and Caribbean . It was one of the shortest wars fought. Admiral William T. Sampson set up the Spanish Fleet the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. The U.S armed forces were untrained for this war. The army had 125,000 Americans volunteer for the war to fight. The camps were the soliders was sent to train had adequate supplies. They didn't have modern war weapons, and the troops uniforms were not good for the Cuba tropical weather.
The war started because the Cubans wanted independence from Spain that began in 1895. The Americans had economic interest in helping Cuba get independence. On April 11, 1896 President McKinley asked Congress to declare war. The Americans had four new battleships the Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, and Oregon. In the Caribbean, the Spanish ships Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete. The Spanish trips were in Santiago harbor. The U.S army that landed in Santiago had 17,000 troops and had the Rough Riders. They were command by Leonard Woord and Theodore Roosevelt.
Leonard Wood
Battle of Santiago was the most famous battle. The first part of the battle was Kettle Hill. The Americans won the battle of Kettle Hill. A couple days later the Spanish tried to escape the blockade, later followed a naval battle that led to victory for the Americans. The Americans also had a victory at San Juan Hill, and Rooselvet was said to be the hero of San Juan Hill. He said that him and his units only did a minor role. In the End, the Cubans won independence from the Spanish from the Treaty of Paris.
I felted like this war was important because it helped the Cubans get their independence from Spain that they have being trying to do for awhile.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
http://history-world.org/Spanish%20America%20War.htm
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