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THE MAINE WAS SENT TO CUBA TO PROTECT AMERICANS IN HAVANA. AN EXPLOSION DESTROYED THE SHIP AND KILLED 268 SAILORS. THE TRAGEDY LED TO PRESSURE ON THE U.S. GOVERNMENT . PRESIDENT MCKINELY SENT A LETTER TO SPAIN SUGGESTING TO END THE WAR AND SPAIN GRANT CUBA INDEPENDENCE . THE SPANISH RESPONDED OF NOT WILLING TO GRANT INDEPENDENCE FOR CUBA BUT REMOVED THE RECONCENTRATION CAMPS. ON APRIL 11,1898 ; PRESIDENT MCKINELY ASKED THE CONGRESS TO USE FORCE TO STOP FIGHTING IN CUBA . THE CONGRESS DECLARED WAR ON SPAIN.MORE THAN 20,000 MEN ENLISTED TO GO IN THE ARMY.
ON MAY 1,1898 , GEORGE DEWEY WAS KNOWN AS A HERO FOR DESTROYING THE SPANISH FLEETS,WHICH WAS SENDING A MESSAGE TO SPANISH THE END OF THERE EXISTENCE IN CUBA. IN THE WAR WAS THE BATTLE OF SAN JUAN HILL ON JULY 1898 ,WHICH WAS A WAR BETWEEN THE ROUGH RIDERS WHICH WERE WESTERNERS AND UPPER CLASS EASTERNERS CREATED BY PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT. THE RIDERS STORMED UP THOSE HILLS TO SECURE HIGH GROUND SURROUNDING SANTIAGO. THIS WAS THE ENDING RESULT OF WAR , WHICH U.S. FORCES WERE OCCUPIED BY THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO , AND ANOTHER SPANISH POSSESSION. ALMOST 3,000 AMERICANS DIED DURING THE WAR AND ONLY AROUND 380 DIED IN COMBAT. THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR LED TO THE NEW DILEMMA FOR THE UNITED STATES. ON DECEMBER 1898 , THE TREATY OF PARIS OFFICIALLY ENDED THE WAR, WHICH SPAIN GAVE UP CUBA ,PUERTO RICO AND GUAM. UNFORTUNATELY , SPAIN GAVE UP PHILLIPINESS FOR 20 MILLION TO THE UNITED STATES BUT THE UNITED STATES DID NOT GRANT PHILIPPINES INDEPENDENCE.The Spanish American War gave America a new empire and as well s Cuba’s independence. The war gave the Spanish on politic rights and control over Cuba , Philippiness and Guam. The Treaty of Paris was a reconciliation on ending the war permanently and give up the Pacific