The US blamed Spain for the sinking of the USS Maine.
Cuba was granted independence, Guam and Puerto Rico became US Territories and the Philippine American War began.
Alaska was a US Territory long before the Spanish American War.
The US defeated Spain in the Spanish American War on August 12, 1898.
The Battle of Manila Bay. The Battle of Manila which led to the Philippine American War. The Declaration of Independence by Aguinaldo which began the Philippine American War.
Yes the U.S. fought in the Spanish-American war. They began by helping the Cubans who wanted independence.
The US support of Cuban Independence.
The US blamed Spain for the sinking of the USS Maine.
Cuba was granted independence, Guam and Puerto Rico became US Territories and the Philippine American War began.
The Spanish American War.
That depends on which war you are interested in.When the Spanish-American War began, the US captured the Philippines from the Spanish.When World War 2 began for the US in 1941 (it had already been going since at least 1939 for other nations), the Japanese Empire captured the Philippines from the US.
The Spanish-American War was due to explosion of the US warship, the USS Maine that was docked in Havana, Cuba. Over 200 US sailors lost their lives. The US press and others blamed Spain for this act of war. Based on the destruction of the USS Maine, the Spanish-American War began as the US declared war on Spain.
Spanish-American War, lasted about 6 months, in 1898.
Alaska was a US Territory long before the Spanish American War.
The US defeated Spain in the Spanish American War on August 12, 1898.
It began with the US Naval attack on the Spanish Fleet in Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands on 1 May 1898 at 05:41 AM.
There were Civil War vetrans who also served in the Spanish American War.