Provides excerpts from a series of five historical documents on the Spanish-American War that discuss American expansion, policy decisions, and the goals and outcome of the war.

After giving a general summary of the Spanish-American War in the Western Hemisphere, the course of the war as waged in the Philippines is explained. See how the Philippines was annexed to the United States.

Looks at the development and evolution of the Spanish-American War, at Americans' views on imperialism at the end of this war, and at the relationship of this war with America's other international interests.

A timeline showing the events between 1800 and 1898 that led to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War.

Check out this site to read about the Teller Amendment and the subsequent Platt Amendment, which dealt with American control over Cuba after the Spanish-American War.

Discusses the causes, events, and consequences of the Spanish-American War and how the United States acquired several territories in the aftermath. Includes questions for students at end.

Follow-up report by Captain George F. Elliott on the fight at Cuzco Well during the Spanish-American War. This report attempts to correct errors made in the first report sent by Captain George F. Elliot.

Newspaper article reports on the conditions of Camp Wikoff on Montauk Island, New York, where men serving in the Spanish-American War recovered from disease or injury.

This site contains a brief history of Puerto Rico, its role in the Spanish-American War, and its becoming a U.S. territory.

Spanish American War Centennial Website presents primary source material about the events of the USS Winslow during the Spanish-American War.

Spanish-American War primary source informs about the Battle of El Caney from the perspective of the Spanish naval officer, Jose Muller Tejeira who witnessed the campaign.

Spanish-American War era newspaper article on the attempts to raise the wrecked ship, Cristobal Colon, whiched proved a failure. Links to photos of the undersea divable ruins of the ship shows what it looks like today.

An interesting look at the Lincoln Brigade and those who served in it fighting in Spain against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War.

This resource offers a good look at the reorganization and use of the U.S. military in the years betwee the end of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.

A flow-chart showing the discussion of terms of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Spanish-American War.

Letter from a Spanish soldier to soldiers of the American Army after the Spanish defeat in Cuba.

Letter written from Camp Thomas on the Civil War battlefield of Chickamauga by Lt. C.S. Meaker, of the 1st Vermont Volunteer Infantry. The letter was written after the surrender of Santiago on July 17, but prior the amristice between the...

Copy of a letter from Private Harold Booth, 1st New York Volunteer Infantry, dated September 10, 1898 from Honolulu, Hawaii. Booth was stationed at Camp McKinley, the first US military post in the Hawaiian Islands.

"You furnish the pictures, I'll provide the war!" was a quote said by William Randolph Hearst in the time leading up to the Spanish-American War. Learn how yellow journalism led to international conflict and was one cause of the...

An account by war correspondent, Richard Harding Davis, who revisited and described the San Juan area 12 years after the battle.

An article written by Sergeant John J. Turner appeared in the June 28, 1918 issue of the Beverly Evening Times, Beverly, Massachusetts. Edited for punctuation and clarity.

An account details, with photo, the event that occurred while General Shafter's Fifth Corps was on its way to Cuba, when transport YUCATAN nearly rammed the transport MATTEAWAN.

Frederick A. Moritz tells the biography of a yellow journalist, James Creelman. Learn more about yellow journalism during the Spanish-American War and the Sino-Japanese Wars and the impact yellow journalism played in world affairs.

A fascinating account of the famous naval battle by the American naval commander himself, Admiral Dewey.