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• (the) Spanish-American War — the Spanish American War [the Spanish American War] a war fought between the US and Spain in 1898. The US had promised to recognize the right of Cubans to be independent from Spain. When in 1898 the US ↑warship Maine exploded in Havana harbour… …   Useful english dictionary

• Propaganda of the Spanish American War — The Spanish American War (April August 1898) was the first conflict in which military action was precipitated by media involvement. The war grew out of U.S. interest in a fight for revolution between the Spanish military and citizens of their… …   Wikipedia

• Battles of the Spanish–American War — The following are known Battles of the Spanish American War... This list includes all major engagements and most reported skirmishes of the Spanish American War. Some items, such as the claim by Puerto Ricans that Spanish guns in San Juan fired… …   Wikipedia

• Atrocities of the Spanish–American War — The atrocities of the Spanish American War were stories about the Spanish in regards to the maltreatment of the citizens of Cuba, a colony of Spain. The U.S. was flooded with these stories in the period leading up to the Spanish American war and… …   Wikipedia

• List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Spanish–American War — This is a list of all 115 United States military personnel who received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the Spanish American War.The Spanish American War (Spanish: Guerra Hispano Estadounidense , desastre del 98 , Guerra Hispano… …   Wikipedia

• Spanish-American War Campaigns — Spanish American War Introduction *Adm. Cervera s fleet had taken refuge (29 May 1898) in Santiago Bay, and the American Navy had asked the Army to reduce the defenses guarding the entrance. The War Department, eager to get the Army into action,… …   Wikipedia

• Spanish-American War — the war between the U.S. and Spain in 1898. * * * (1898) Conflict between the U.S. and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the New World. The war originated in Cuba s struggle for independence. The newspapers of William Randolph Hearst… …   Universalium

• Spanish–American War — Warbox|conflict=Spanish American War caption= Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill by Frederic Remington date=April 25 ndash; August 12, 1898 place=Caribbean Sea: Cuba, Puerto Rico; Pacific Ocean: Guam, Philippine Islands casus=Cuban War… …   Wikipedia

• Spanish-American War — (1898)    A conflict marking the beginning of American imperialism. As Secretary of State John Hay put it, the conflict was indeed, in many respects, a “splendid little war,” in that it was popular, short, and relatively cheap; it brought easy… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Spanish-American War — n. the war between the U.S. and Spain (1898) …   English World dictionary

• Timeline of Spanish–American War — 1898=May* May 1 First battle of the Spanish American War: Admiral George Dewey destroys the Spanish fleet at Battle of Manila Bay.* May 19 Emilio Aguinaldo returns to the Philippines from exile in Hong Kong where he had been since the failure of… …   Wikipedia