Title: Spanish–American War - Wikipedia
Headings: Spanish–American War
Spanish–American War
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Contents
Historical background
Spain's attitude towards its colonies
American interest in the Caribbean
Path to war
Cuban struggle for independence
Spanish attitude
US response
USS Maine dispatch to Havana and loss
Declaring war
Historiography
Pacific theater
Philippines
Guam
Caribbean theater
Cuba
Cuban sentiment
Land campaign
Battle of Tayacoba
Main article: Battle of Tayacoba
Naval operations
US withdrawal
Puerto Rico
Cámara's squadron
Making peace
Aftermath
Aftermath in Spain
Teller and Platt Amendments
Aftermath in the United States
Veterans Associations
Postwar American investment in Puerto Rico
In film and television
Military decorations
United States
Wartime service and honors
Postwar occupation service
Spain
Other countries
See also
Notes
Footnotes
Source citations
General references
Further reading
External links
Media
Reference materials
Newspapers

Content: Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. The war led to the U.S. emerging predominant in the Caribbean region, and resulted in U.S. acquisition of Spain's Pacific possessions. That led to U.S. involvement in the Philippine Revolution and later to the Philippine Insurrection. The main issue was Cuban independence. Revolts had been occurring for some years in Cuba against Spanish colonial rule. The U.S. backed these revolts upon entering the Spanish–American War. There had been war scares before, as in the Virginius Affair in 1873. But in the late 1890s, American public opinion swayed in support of the rebellion due to reports of concentration camps (death estimates range from 150,000 to 400,000 people) set up to control the populace. Yellow journalism exaggerated the atrocities to further increase public fervor, and to sell more papers. The business community had just recovered from a deep depression and feared that a war would reverse the gains.