The underlying cause of the Spanish American War was US public support for Cuban independence. The triggering event was the mysterious sinking of the USS Maine on 15 February 1898 which led to a declaration of War. The net effect of the War was Cuban Independence and the loss of Spain's New World Empire.
no, it was declared a 'police action'
A formal declaration of war can only be made by Congress.
i beleive it was the war of 1812. and the vietnam war.
The Zimmerman Telegram and hundred of American ships being sunk by German submarines led to the U.S declaration of war on Germany.
The Japanes attack on Pearl HarborThe German declaration of war on the US
There was no US declaration of war during the US Civil War (Amerian Civil War). No US declaration of war for any wars after December 1941.
The date that made the US to be was July 4, 1776. The event that caused this to happen was the Declaration of Independence.
The war against Japan began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, While the war with Germany began two days after Pearl Harbor, With the German declaration of war on the United States.
Congress.
The underlying cause of the Spanish American War was US public support for Cuban independence. The triggering event was the mysterious sinking of the USS Maine on 15 February 1898 which led to a declaration of War. The net effect of the War was Cuban Independence and the loss of Spain's New World Empire.
December 8, 1941 was the date of the US declaration of war
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no, it was declared a 'police action'
A formal declaration of war can only be made by Congress.
December 8, 1941: The US Senate voted 82-0 for a Declaration of War; the US House of Representatives voted 388-1. Montana Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin was the 'no' vote. She was not reelected in the next election. She was a pacifist, and ironically had voted NO in 1917 upon the US Declaration of War against Germany in the First World War.
The US declared war on Germany on December 11, 1941 in response to Germany's declaration of war on the US earlier that day. In a separate act on the same day, the US declared war on Italy, which had also declared war on the US. Germany and Italy declared war on the US in response to the US declaration of war on their ally Japan on December 8, 1941 in response to the Pearl Harbor attack.