In the 20th century the Spanish - America War led to the Spanish withdrawing and letting Cuba become independent.
Both major Naval engagements were decisive and total US victories.
Cuba
cuba
Cuba was a territory of Spain until the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898. The war was betweein the U.S.and Spain not the U.S. and Cuba.
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.
Theodore Roosevelt
America was able to extend and rule Cuba which it controlled after the capture of their leader, Emilio Aquinaldo. America was able to extend and rule Cuba which it controlled after the capture of their leader, Emilio Aquinaldo. America was able to extend and rule Cuba after they had gained their independence from the Spanish. The Americans won the war against Cuba after they captured the Cuban leader, Emilio Aquinaldo.
Cuba and the Dominican Republic
1821
US involvement in Cuba dates back to the time of the Spanish American War, when Cuba was still a Spanish colony; that was around the end of the 19th century.
santiago harbor