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Article: Spanish-American War
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ...SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. The sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor on 15 February 1898 provided a dramatic casus belli for the Spanish-American War, but underlying causes included U.S. economic interests ...

Article: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR RAVAGED MANY ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 11, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... that it is named in commemoration of the Spanish-American War. The Spanish-American War, of course, was a U.S. war against ... Filipino women, men and children during the Spanish-American War through combat, famine and disease ...

Article: Did You Know?(little-known facts about the ...
Cobblestone;  May 1, 1999 ;     508 words ... ... Army and even took up arms during the Spanish-American War. The Spanish-American War was the first war in which motion picture ... which has been used to describe the Spanish-American War for more than 100 years, Clara Barton ...

Article: Spanish-American War, Navy in
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ...SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, NAVY IN SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, NAVY IN. Shortly before the Spanish-American War, growing American interest in a modern, powerful navy had resulted in increased appropriations and a vigorous program of ship construction ...

Article: A Soldier's Account of the Spanish-American ...
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ...A SOLDIER'S ACCOUNT OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (1898) The Spanish-American War evoked much enthusiasm and patriotism ... Villanova University See also Rough Riders ; Spanish-American War . One lovely morning a thin, distant ...

Article: `They Fought in Righteous Cause'.(several Spanish ...
Cobblestone;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... gave their lives in the Spanish-American War. These remembrances range ... number of memorials. The Spanish-American War Memorial was built in 1902 ... the graves of a number of Spanish-American War casualties. Although the ...

Transcript: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DENNIS HASTERT (R-IL) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ...
Washington Transcript Service;  May 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... CONFERENCE ON REPEALING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR TAX MAY 25, 2000 SPEAKERS ... it's time to repeal the Spanish-American War tax. And I certainly appreciate ... agenda: the repeal of the Spanish-American War tax, telephone tax, it ...