On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration ...

The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States and Spain in 1898, that ended Spanish colonial rule in the ...

On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

Morris Michtom, a small toy store owner, put two stuffed ’teddy bears’ in his Brooklyn shop window for sale, inspired by an ...

Troops on the march, Spanish American War. Artist Glackens, William J., 1870-1938. Library of Congress Congress approved President McKinley's request for a declaration of war on April 25 ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The handing over of Guam and Philippines would have greater repercussions down the road, as placed the United States on a collision course with another ...

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