Links of Interest:
William McKinley, Twenty-fifth U.S. President(1897-1901)
The battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded and sank killing
260 men in Havana, Cuba’s harbor on
February 15, 1898 precipitating the Spanish-American War. To this
day no one knows the cause of the explosion. McKinley’s attempts to
find a diplomatic solution ended with Spain’s refusal to negotiate. Congress declared war on April 25, 1898. In the 100-day Spanish-American war, the United States destroyed the Spanish fleet outside Santiago harbor in Cuba, seized Manila in the Philippines, and occupied Puerto Rico. The United States later annexed the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
Division of Forestry created, later named United States Forest Service. |
