USA HISTORY

Spain declares war on the United States.2. The U.S.S. Maine is destroyed.3. Spain refuses Cuban independence.4. The U.S. declares Cuba free.Which set of numbers shows the correct chronological order of events that resulted in the Spanish American War?

(A) ** 3, 2, 4, 1

(B) 2, 4, 3, 1

(C) 4, 3, 1, 2

(D) 1, 2, 3, 4

Concept note-1: -Representatives of Spain and the United States signed a peace treaty in Paris on December 10, 1898, which established the independence of Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the victorious power to purchase the Philippines Islands from Spain for $20 million.

Concept note-2: -The mysterious destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana’s harbour on February 15, 1898, led to a declaration of war against Spain two months later.

Concept note-3: -U.S. Commodore Dewey and his Asiatic squadron defeat the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines. U.S. troops land in Cuba. U.S. forces defeat the Spanish at the Battle of San Juan Heights. U.S. forces destroy the Spanish Fleet off Santiago Bay, Cuba.

Concept note-4: -The war that erupted in 1898 between the United States and Spain was preceded by three years of fighting by Cuban revolutionaries to gain independence from Spanish colonial rule.