America’s participation in the Spanish-American War.

The United States declared war on Spain on April 25,1898. The signing of the Treaty of Paris was what ended the war. The result of it all was that Spain lost its control over the empire such as isalnds of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam. For the U.S. in June when the Marines captured Guantánamo Bay and 17,000 troops was when the war began for began for the United States.

The Spanish-American War was a conflict between Spain and the United States that took place from April to August 1898. The war finally ended, with the victory for the United States.This signaled the end of the Spanish empire. A cause of the Spanish-American War was revulsion among Americans tactics of Spain to suppress a revolt in Cuba. The immediate cause of the War was the sinking of the U. S. S. Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The cause of the sinking was never completely proven but it was openly showed within the public.

The United States had about 20,000 troops that participated in the war. Most of the 200,000 troops were volenteers who were recruited in the United States at the time of the war. Only about a third of them saw action or was invlolved in action in Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico. Lots of americans believed that the future of the nation was to play an active role in the worldwide fight for possessions. America’s victory against the spanish conflict marked the start of the United States as a world power