Effects Of The Spanish American War Of The Us. The Spanish fleet in the harbor tried to flee but the American fleet sunk or ran aground all of the Spanish ships killing 323 but losing only one American. A War Becomes History The New York Public Librarys online exhibit on the Spanish American War is extensive well-organized and well-illustrated with images of the many artifacts in its collections and other institutions.
Total size of US army was about 248000 soldiers and volunteers. The Spanish-American War short as it was and relatively inexpensive in both resources and human life was an important turning point in the history of both antagonists. Today that organization is defunct but it left an heir in the Sons of SpanishAmerican War Veterans created in 1937 at the 39th National Encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans.
The main effect of the Spanish-American War was to make the United States something of a global imperial power.
Before the war the United States had not really had any possessions outside of North. In 1904 the United Spanish War Veterans was created from smaller groups of the veterans of the SpanishAmerican War. Newspapers at the time screamed outrage with headlines. Reasonable chance of success - Only about 3000 US soldiers died during the war which is a low number spanamwar.