Guns, particularly rifles, were the most important weapons used in Spanish-American War. The war was fought between the US and Spain, and resulted in a victory for the US, and the Treaty of Paris.
A failed hot air balloon. Battleships like cruisers and gunboats. The single shot rifle and single shot carbine were replaced with Multi shot rifles and carbine and these were standard issue for cavalry soldiers
Spanish Weapons:
A mixture of muskets, cannons, sabers, horses, and bayonets.
The newest Spanish ship, the cruiser Cristobal Colon, did not even have its main battery fitted, so that the Caribbean squadron was completely outgunned by the US Fleet.
If you were lucky, you were issued a .30-40 US Army Krag Jergensen or picked one up on the battlefield. Many units were still armed with the Remington M1867 or the Springfield M1871 using black powder cartridges. Some units went into battlle with these older single shot Rolling Block Rifles and converted to captured modern 7x57mm Mausers which they held on to for the duration.
The service rifle of the US Army was the Krag-Jorgensen rifle, in .30-40 Krag, while the Spanish used the Mauser Model 1893, in 7x57. The M1995 Colt-Browning "Potato Digger", also in .30-40 Krag, was used by US forces, while the Spanish had the Maxim machine gun.
The end of the Spanish Empire was a very important result of the Spanish-American war. The United States also emerged as a power force as far as military action was concerned.Ê
He was the US President and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces during the Spanish American War.
The war made the US an important power in Asia.
A synonym for the spanish-american war is the american-spanish war. MAKE SURE TO ADD THE heifen or -...
The Philippine American war was the direct response to the Spanish American War.
The most important result of the Spanish-American War was the dissolution of the Spanish Empire. Peace was achieved by the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898.
Cuban Independence.
It ended Spanish influence in the Americas.
The end of the Spanish Empire was a very important result of the Spanish-American war. The United States also emerged as a power force as far as military action was concerned.Ê
He was the US President and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces during the Spanish American War.
The Spanish American War.
It became the Casus belli for the Spanish American War.
The Spanish-American War
The war made the US an important power in Asia.
A synonym for the spanish-american war is the american-spanish war. MAKE SURE TO ADD THE heifen or -...
I'm glad I finished that chapter on the Spanish-American War before the test.
The Philippine American war was the direct response to the Spanish American War.