Only the US Congress can declare war. McKinley asked Congress to do so.
American business owners wanted knew markets that were found in Cuba. In order to get these markets, they would have to take over Cuba, currently owned by Spain.
It started even before Washington was president, The American victory in the Revolution impressed the European countries to some extent. Jefferson gained respect for defeating the Barbary pirates. Monroe showed Spain in particular and all of Europe that the US was supreme in North America. McKinley showed that the US had a strong navy.
On April 19, 1898 the United States Congress passed a joint resolution that amounted to a declaration of war against Spain. This resolution: 1) proclaimed Cuba to be free 2) demanded that Spain withdraw from Cuba 3) directed the President to use armed force to insure these demands 4) disclaimed any intention by the United States to annex Cuba
The Head of Government is the Presidente del Gobierno (President of the Government). General elections are held every 4 years during which the Congress of Deputies and the Senate are elected. After the election the King meets with the head of each political party in the Congress of Deputies and gets their recommendation for a new President. From this list he selects a candidate for the Presidency of the Nation. He submits the name of his selection to the President of the Congress of Deputies. The candidate then meets with the entire Congress of Deputies and describes the plan he has for running the government for the following 4 years. He then asks for a simple majority vote of confidence. If he receives the vote of confidence the King names him Presidente del Gobierno. It the candidate does not receive a majority vote another vote is held 48 hours later. If he again fails to receive a majority vote another candidate is selected. If, 2 months after the first vote, no candidate has been named President then the King, with the authorization of the President of the congress, will dissolve both the Congress of Deputies and the Senate and call a new General Election. The President of the Government selects the other members for his Government and the King appoints them. NOTE: There is no constitutional requirement that he do so, but so far the King has always proposed the head of the party with the most seats in the Congress of Deputies as the next President of the Government.
The current Spain's president of the governement, Jose Luis Rofriguez Zapatero belongs to the PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español - Spanish Workers Socialist Party)
William McKinley was the President. The year was 1898.
Because of the mysterious sinking of the USS Maine.
President William McKinley and the US Congress.
William McKinley was President who wanted to avoid war with Spain, but the blowing up of the USS Maine forced him to ask Congress for a Declaration of War.
The impetus for the war was the revolt of Cuba against Spanish rule. Many Americans including Democratic leadership in Congress sympathized with the Cuban independence movement and wanted the US to intervene. President McKinley was against war with Spain but after the Battleship Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, McKinley yielded to popular opinion and agreed to send American troops into Cuba. This action caused Spain to declare war and the US reciprocated. McKinley served as US president during the short war.
Only Congress can declare war. Presidents can ask Congress to declare war . The presidents who made such a request and had it granted were James Madison (against Great Britain), James Polk (against Mexico), William McKinley(against Spain), Woodrow Wilson (against Germany and allies) and Franklin Roosevelt (against Japan and allies)
William McKinley.
to end the fighting between the Spanish government and the Cuban rebels.
to end the fighting between the Spanish government and the Cuban rebels.
President McKinley.
William McKinley
None - it is Congress, not the President, who declare war. Five Presidents have sought and obtained such declarations of war Madison (Gt Britain, 1812) Polk (Mexico, 1846) McKinley (Spain, 1898) Wilson (Germany, Austria-Hungary 1917) FD Roosevelt (Japan, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria 1941/42)