Spanish American War Us History Definition. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Fifth Edition. It was started in part by the influence of yellow journalism after the explosion and sinking of the USS Maine.
For more information please see the full notice. Major battles took place in the Spanish colonies of Cuba and the Philippines. It followed the 1845 US.
It lasted less than 3 months and resulted in Cubas independence as well as the US annexing Puerto Rico Guam and the Philippines.
The Spanish American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. In 1904 the United Spanish War Veterans was created from smaller groups of the veterans of the SpanishAmerican War. Maine to Cuba to bring back American citizens - on February 15 the ship exploded killing 260 men. The conflict lasted four months in the summer of 1898 and ended in a resounding American victory.