The Spanish-American War only lasted six months. However, the results of the war would have a huge impact on American imperialism and future military actions. Want to know about the war that started with the cry 'Remember the Maine!' and helped make Theodore Roosevelt a war hero? Here are seven essentials that you should know about the Spanish-American War.
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Those actions in The Philippines are almost always given short shrift by Americans writing about the Spanish-American War. Nevertheless, that’s where most of the fighting of the war and deaths (roughly 600,000 Filipinos and about 4000 Americans)took place. The final battles in Mindanao were fought over a decade after the Spanish surrender of Manila.
One of the more interesting facts is how the war was financed. Tt was thought a 3% excise tax on a new form of technology interstate long distance telehone calling. It paid for the Spanish Anerican war in a handful of years, but was only recently repealed.