Unlike the Ten Years' War, the Cuban Independence Movement of the 1890s was not ignored by the United States. By 1895, the United States was a very different nation than it had been in 1865.

A Spanish colony since the 15 th century, following Christopher Columbus’s conquest of America, Cuba has always aspired ...

Led by sugar planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, the Cuban Revolution began in 1868. Cespedes proclaimed independence and ... became known as the Ten Years' War. Although the Ten Years' War failed ...

On this day in history, April 20, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress to declare war ... independence from Spain. On April 20, Congress passed a joint resolution that acknowledged ...

On this day in 1898, the House passed a resolution recognizing Cuba’s independence from Spain ... Then, on April 24, Spain declared war on the United States. The House responded the next ...