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United States V.S Spain
(Philippines, Cuba, Katipunan, Guam, Puerto Rico.)
Start Apr 21, 1898 – End Aug 13, 1898
United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. (REMEMBER THE MAINE!)
The Battle of Las Guasimas: of June 24, 1898 was a Spanish rearguard action by Major General Antero Rubín against advancing columns led by Major General "Fighting Joe" Wheeler and the first land engagement of the Spanish–American War.
The Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a naval battle that occurred on July 3, 1898, in which the United States Navy decisively defeated Spanish forces, sealing American victory in the Spanish–American War and achieving nominal independence for Cuba from Spanish rule. Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders Storm San Juan Hill, Cuba. On July 1, 1898, Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt led his “Rough Riders” up the San Juan Heights against heavy artillery fire to help end the Spanish-American War.
The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20 million.