By 1898, after three years of relentless fighting, Spain was on the brink of surrender, and the Cuban revolutionaries were ...

Unlike the Ten Years' War, the Cuban Independence Movement of the 1890s ... sensationalist stories to sell millions of newspapers. Although Hearst's altruism may be questioned, he and other ...

On this day in history, April 20, 1898, the 25th president, William McKinley, went to Congress to ask for declaration of war on Spain in defense of Cuba, which had been battling Spain.

Led by sugar planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, the Cuban Revolution began in 1868. Cespedes proclaimed independence and ... became known as the Ten Years' War. Although the Ten Years' War failed ...