 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana February 15, 1898, kuputika kuri muUSS Maine muchiteshi chengarava cheHavana kwakauraya vashandi veUS 260. Murangariro wavose muU.S., wakadzorwa muchidimbu nehupfumi hwemapepanhau hwaWilliam Randolph Hearst naJoseph Pulitzer, wakapa Spain mhaka, kunyange zvazvo Spain isina chikonzero chokuda kunyandura U.S. kupindira muhondo yeCuba yokuwana rusununguko, ipapo makore anopfuura matatu. Dare reU.S. Congress rakapfuura mutemo unogovera mamwe mamirioni 50 nokuda kwemauto pana March 9 uye pana March 26 purezidhendi William McKinley akarayira kuti Spain ipedze rwisano naOctober 1. Spain yakaramba chikumbiro chaMcKinley ndokupokana nokupindira kwake. McKinley akakumbira mvumo kuCongress yokupindira muCuba pana April 11. Mazuva maviri gare gare Congress yeU.S. kupfurikidza nokuvhota kwe 311 kusvika ku 6 muImba uye 42 kusvika ku 35 muSeneti yakapa Chisarudzo Chakabatanidzwa nokuda kworusununguko rweCuba, icho zvose zviri zviviri chakaramba chinangwa chipi nechipi chokubatanidza Cuba uye chakabvumidza Mutungamiri kushandisa simba rehondo kugumisa ruvengo pakati peSpain neCuba. Chiziviso chokupedzisira chokubva muCuba kana kuti kutarisana nokupindira kwechiuto cheAmerica chakatumirwa kuSpain pana April 20. VaSpanish vakatsanangura iyi mhedziso sechiziviso chehondo, kunyange zvazvo chaizvoizvo yakanga isiri, vakabvisa mumiriri weU.S., ndokuzivisa hondo. Musi waApril 22, ngarava dzeUnited States dzakabva kuKey West, kuFlorida, kuti dzivharire uye kudzivirira vokuSpain kuti vasaendesa zvinhu kumasoja avo aiva kuCuba. United States yakapindura kupfurikidza nokuzivisa pana April 25 kuti mugariro wehondo wakanga wave uripo chifo cha 21. 