(A) Sinking of the Maine
(B) Yellow Journalism
(C) ** The Teller Amendment
(D) The De Lome Letter
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -The reasons for war were many, but there were two immediate ones: America’s support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor.
Concept note-2: -In April 1898 Senator Henry M. Teller (Colorado) proposed an amendment to the U.S. declaration of war against Spain which proclaimed that the United States would not establish permanent control over Cuba.
Concept note-3: -On April 21, 1898, the United States declared war against Spain. The causes of the conflict were many, but the immediate ones were America’s support of Cuba’s ongoing struggle against Spanish rule and the mysterious explosion of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor.