AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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The United States Constitution
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The Cuban Constitution
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The Spaish declaration of war against the US.
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The US declaration of war against Spain.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In April of 1898, Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado proposed an amendment to the U.S. declaration of war against Spain, which stated that the United States would not establish permanent control over Cuba.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 20, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley’s War Message. It placed a condition on the United States military’s presence in Cuba.
Detailed explanation-4: -Here’s the skinny: the Teller Amendment was a rule created by Congress that the U.S. couldn’t annex Cuba after the Spanish-American War.
Detailed explanation-5: -On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898.