America - 1898AD
In 1898AD:
The U.S. army used machine guns for the first time in the battle of Santiago.
William Randolph Hearst's yellow journalism inflamed anti-Spanish feelings.
The U.S. battleship Maine exploded in the Cuban port of Havana, precipitating the Spanish-American War.
The Spanish-American War began with a declaration of war by Congress.
U.S. troops landed on Cuba; Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders were in action.
Commodore Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet anchored in Manila Bay in the Philippines.
The Spanish fleet was destroyed off Cuba; Spain sued for peace, ceding territory to the U.S.
Spain ceded Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines to the U.S. in the Treaty of Paris.
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