Spanish-American War

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Spanish-American War

A war between Spain and the United States in 1898, as a result of which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and Guam to the United States and abandoned all claim to Cuba, which became independent in 1902.

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Spanish-American War

(Historical Terms) the war between the US and Spain (1898) resulting in Spain's withdrawal from Cuba and its cession of Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico

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Span′ish-Amer′ican War′

the war between the U.S. and Spain in 1898.

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Spanish-American War - a war between the United States and Spain in 1898

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Manila Bay - a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet

Santiago de Cuba, Santiago - a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape

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And then he made his eloquent appeal to the consciences of the white Americans: "When you have gotten the full story or the heroic conduct of the Negro in the Spanish-American war, have heard it from the lips of Northern soldier and Southern soldier, from ex-abolitionist and ex-masters, then decide within yourselves whether a race that is thus willing to die for its country should not be given the highest opportunity to live for its country."

The part of the speech which seems to arouse the wildest and most sensational enthusiasm was that in which I thanked the President for his recognition of the Negro in his appointments during the Spanish-American war. The President was sitting in a box at the right of the stage.

In the general rejoicing throughout the country which followed the close of the Spanish-American war, peace celebrations were arranged in several of the large cities.

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The Crowded Hour "is not a biography of Theodore Roosevelt nor is it a full description of the Spanish-American War or even the liberation of Cuba from Spanish control," said a review in goodreads.com.

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Charles roads to place Memorial Day observance flags on the graves of Glen Ellyn Civil War soldiers, veterans from the War of 1812, and the Spanish-American War.

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Francis was awarded the medal after he sunk a battleship to stop the enemy using it during the Spanish-American war.

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Van Atta, who teaches American history at a college preparatory school, describes the Battle of San Juan Hill, focusing on Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders, as well as the political aftermath of the Spanish-American War and the cultural shift toward an overseas empire by a republican nation whose original political identity was created in revolutionary defiance of imperial power.

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The 1898 Spanish-American War artillery battery fort was one of four forts on St.

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Spanish-American War (1898): Spanish Navy casualties were between 860 and 960 and major land battles led to the death of 215 soldiers and another 376 wounded, according to Donald Dyal's "(https://books.google.com/books?id=PvxFKPI6q_oC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=total%20casaulties&f=false) Historical Dictionary of the Spanish-American War ." Most deaths in this war were caused by disease: Dyal estimates that for every combat casualty there were 10 casualties caused by illness.

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One Soldier at a Time," and the center has been gathering Soldier stories going all the way back to the Spanish-American War in 1898, said Karl Warner, the program and education coordinator at the center.