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Spanish-American War: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date April 21, 1898 - July 17, 1898
Location Cuba • Manila Bay • Philippines
Participants Spain • United States
Context destruction of the Maine

Did You Know?

  • Secretary of State John Hay called the Spanish-American War a "splendid little war."
  • The Rough Riders in Cuba included African-American soldiers who served in segregated units.
  • The United States obtained Guam in addition to its other territorial gains.

Photos and Videos

Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
McKinley inauguration ceremony
The USS Maine in the Havana Harbor, 1898.
Proctor, Redfield
White House Telegraph Room, 1898
USS Boston protected cruiser
George Dewey
Battle of Manila Bay
United States soldiers crouch and aim rifles from a trench lined with logs in a wooded area near Manila during the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Spanish-American War
Explore the ruins of the battleship USS Maine in Havana harbor, Cuba
Wreck of the battleship USS Maine
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Related Topics and References

Topics
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Timeline

Battle of Manila Bay
Battle of Manila Bay
May 1, 1898
Wreck of the Vizcaya
Battle of Santiago de Cuba
June 1898 - July 1898; July 3, 1898
Rough Riders
Battle of San Juan Hill
July 1, 1898
Read More: Spanish-American War Timeline

Key People

Oil portrait of Theodore Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent showing Roosevelt standing with one hand on a wooden pedestal and the other on his hip, dressed in a dark suit.
Theodore Roosevelt
president of United States
William McKinley
William McKinley
president of United States
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
president of Philippines
Wood, Leonard
Leonard Wood
United States general
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Pascual Cervera y Topete
Spanish admiral
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
United States general
Maass, Clara
Clara Maass
American nurse
Bliss, Tasker Howard
Tasker Howard Bliss
American military commander and statesman
William T. Sampson
William T. Sampson
United States admiral
Chaffee, Adna R.
Adna R. Chaffee
American army officer
Rowan, Andrew Summers
Andrew Summers Rowan
United States officer
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Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
prime minister of Spain

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