The Spanish-American war started in the date of April 21, 1898, and finished at the date of December 10, 1898. The Spanish-American war is a short and one-sided war between America and Spain.

The Spanish for several years was dealing with an uprising against the Spanish colonial rule by the natives. The Spanish were repressing the rebellion in severe ways, that were widely publicized in America which caused many Americans to be sympathetic towards the Cubans; Making the Spanish look unfavorable.

America sent a warship named USS Maine to Havana Cuba to guard the Americans in the city from harm. Suddenly the Warship exploded and sank into the port. The sinking of Maine was publicized and identified as an attack by the Spanish.

Because of the reports that Spain had attacked an American warship and killed many Americans, President Mckinley declared war against Spain. The Americans immediately after the declaration of war, attacked simultaneously with superior weapons and numbers attacking Spain such as Cuba, the Philippines, and some Caribbean islands, which overwhelmed the much weaker army of Spain. defeating all Spanish armies in only 3 months and 3 weeks.

The result of the war is that Spain was deprived of most of its colonial possessions and America gained the first oversea territories. The war brought global recognition of America as a world power that is strong and not a force to be reckoned with.