Spanish American War Reasons. Newspapers in the US. Christopher Columbus sailed into Cuba in 1492.
Victory in the war produced a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Cuba and to cede sovereignty over Guam Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States. The Spanish-American War of 1898 ended Spains colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power. Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War 1898-1902.
Effects of the Spanish American War.
The 51st Iowa Volunteers leaving the Presidio and heading for the Philippines in 1898. While this was a short lived war the fact that it had a huge impact on the countries involved means that you would think many know the history of this conflict but that is not the cause. They had many motivations for interfering with Spain. Updated March 06 2017 Fought between April and August 1898 the Spanish-American War was the result of American concern over Spanish treatment of Cuba political pressures and anger over the sinking of USS Maine.