Cuba obtained independence from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish American War which came to an end in December of 1898. Cuba obtained independence from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish ...

A Spanish colony since the 15th century, following Christopher Columbus’s conquest of America, Cuba has always aspired to ...

In April 1898, months of tension between the United States and Cuba climaxed into war. After the destruction of the U.S.S. Maine and the Naval Court of Inquiry's implication of Spain, pro-war ...

Blaming the country that controlled Cuba, the United States on April 25 declared war against Spain. U.S. troops then prepared to descend on an island where tropical diseases would prove to be ...

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

the ham-fisted bid to obtain Cuba before the Civil War. But the country hit a wall when it attempted to take Cuba from Spain in 1854. Pro-slavery expansionists had long set their sights on the ...

the Oregon country in 1846 and the vast cession by Mexico in 1848 following the Mexican-American War. But the country hit a wall when it attempted to take Cuba from Spain in 1854. Pro-slavery ...