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.
Results and Treaty: The US was far more militarily superior so the won the war easily. Cuba won independence from Spain. The US lost about 3000 men, all but 385 of which died from illness. We took control of Puerto Rico and Guam. The Spanish sold us the Philippines. Cuba became a US territory but they were essentially independent.
US control of Cuba: 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 in 1934 the Platt Amendment was repealed.
US control of the Philippines: We bought it for 20 million dollars from the Spanish. We had a war with 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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