WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -36. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Peace protocols were signed in Washington, D.C. on August 12, 1898. Although this armistice ended the active conflict, the war could not be considered over until a treaty was signed. Both countries appointed a group of prominent leaders and politicians as commissioners to meet in Paris in October 1898.

Detailed explanation-3: -On April 11, 1898, President McKinley asked Congress for permission to use military force in Cuba. By the middle of April, the U.S.S. North Atlantic Squadron had fully blockaded Cuba; by early May, Commodore Dewey and his U.S. Asiatic Squadron had defeated the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.