Spanish American War Definition. Causes of the War. Introduction to the Spanish-American War 1898 The American Revolution established the United States as an independent nation.
The Spanish-American War of 1898 lasted only a few months. The war began as an intervention by the United States on behalf of Cuba. Spanish-American War A war between Spain and the United States fought in 1898.
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Digmaang Espanyol-Amerikano was an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898. The United States emerged from the war as a world power with significant territorial claims stretching from the Caribbean to Southeast Asia. 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. A war between Spain and the United States in the Caribbean and the Philippines in 1898.