Spanish–American War

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military conflict war

The Spanish–American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that marked the emergence of the U.S. as a global power and led to American control over former Spanish colonies in the Caribbean and Pacific.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Spanish–American War canonical 268
Cuban campaign 1
Puerto Rican campaign 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
allyOfUnitedStates Cuban rebels ⓘ
Philippine revolutionaries ⓘ
belligerent Spain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cause American expansionism ⓘ
U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence ⓘ
U.S. support for Cuban independence ⓘ
explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor ⓘ
yellow journalism in the United States ⓘ
combatant Spanish Army ⓘ
Spanish Navy ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
commanderForSpain Arsenio Linares y Pombo ⓘ
Basilio Augustín ⓘ
Pascual Cervera y Topete ⓘ
commanderForUnitedStates George Dewey ⓘ
William R. Shafter ⓘ
William T. Sampson ⓘ
conflictBetween Spain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1898-12-10 ⓘ
followedBy Philippine–American War ⓘ
U.S. colonial rule in the Philippines ⓘ
U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ
U.S. occupation of Cuba ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
surface form: U.S. territorial administration of Puerto Rico
hasPart Spanish–American War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cuban campaign

Philippine–American War ⓘ
surface form: Philippine campaign

Spanish–American War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Puerto Rican campaign

naval operations in the Caribbean ⓘ
naval operations in the Pacific ⓘ
location Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Guam ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
majorBattle Battle of Manila Bay ⓘ
Battle of San Juan Hill ⓘ
Siege of Santiago ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Santiago de Cuba

Siege of Santiago ⓘ
partOf history of Spain ⓘ
history of United States imperialism ⓘ
precededBy Cuban War of Independence ⓘ
result Treaty of Paris (1898) ⓘ
U.S. victory ⓘ
dissolution of the Spanish Empire in the Americas and Pacific ⓘ
significance ended Spain’s role as a colonial power in the Americas ⓘ
expanded U.S. influence in the Caribbean and Pacific ⓘ
marked the emergence of the United States as a global power ⓘ
significantEvent sinking of USS Maine ⓘ
startDate 1898-04-21 ⓘ
territorialChange Guam ⓘ
surface form: United States acquired Guam

Puerto Rico ⓘ
surface form: United States acquired Puerto Rico

Treaty of Paris (1898) ⓘ
surface form: United States acquired the Philippines

Treaty of Paris (1898) ⓘ
surface form: United States established a protectorate over Cuba
year 1898 ⓘ

Referenced by (275)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Puerto Rico → acquiredByUnitedStates → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Spanish Empire → significantEvent → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Spanish–American War → hasPart → Spanish–American War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuban campaign
Spanish–American War → hasPart → Spanish–American War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puerto Rican campaign
Treaty of Paris (1898) → endedConflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Age of Imperialism → hasPart → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Spanish Army → significantEvent → Spanish–American War ⓘ
U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay → establishedFollowing → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Spanish Navy → participatedIn → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Cuban War of Independence → partOf → Spanish–American War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish–American conflicts
Cuban War of Independence → significantEvent → Spanish–American War ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. declaration of war on Spain (1898)
Cuban War of Independence → significantEvent → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Cuban War of Independence → relatedConflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Castillo San Cristóbal → usedInConflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Cordell Hull → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
William T. Sampson → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
William T. Sampson → participantIn → Spanish–American War ⓘ
William R. Shafter → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
United States Revenue Cutter Service → notableConflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Basilio Augustín → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Arsenio Linares y Pombo → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Eugenio Montero Ríos → influencedByEvent → Spanish–American War ⓘ
George Dewey → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Philippine–American War → precededBy → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Pascual Cervera y Topete → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
United States–Cuba relations → significantEvent → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Rafael Cerero → conflictResolved → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Stephen Crane → coveredConflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Arthur MacArthur Jr. → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
USS Maine Memorial → significantEvent → Spanish–American War ⓘ
USS Maine Memorial → theme → Spanish–American War ⓘ
United States Volunteers → raisedDuring → Spanish–American War ⓘ
United States Volunteers → notableConflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Battle of Manila Bay → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Battle of Manila Bay → partOf → Spanish–American War ⓘ
John J. Pershing → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Battle of San Juan Hill → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Siege of Santiago → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
William D. Leahy → militaryConflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Fort Pickens → usedDuring → Spanish–American War ⓘ
United States Cavalry → activeInConflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
United States Ordnance Department → conflictInvolved → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Carl Hayden → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
United States territorial expansion → significantEvent → Spanish–American War ⓘ
John Jacob Astor IV → conflictParticipatedIn → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Spanish peace commission of 1898 → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
George Washington Goethals → conflict → Spanish–American War ⓘ
U.S. Military Government in Cuba → appliesToEvent → Spanish–American War ⓘ
Commanding General of the United States Army → significantEvent → Spanish–American War ⓘ