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The US did not declare war on Cuba. Cuba was a colony of Spain, and the US declared war on Spain in 1898. The US press, newspapers owned by the Heart and Pulitzer chains, vied with each other in whipping up a public frenzy. For several years the press had been giving favorable treatment to Cuban rebels, trying to end Spanish colonial rule. The US was naturally sympathetic to these rebels, having gotten its own start in a colonial rebellion against Great Britain. Most of the rest of Central and South America had managed to win independence from Spain over the preceding eighty years, and Cuba was one of the last outposts of the rotten, decaying Spanish Empire, which Spain held with a death grip. Harsh treatment of captured Cuban rebels elicited great sympathy in America. In order to demonstrate its displeasure with Spanish colonial policies the US sent the battleship Maine to Havana Harbor, in Cuba. There, in February 1898, the battleship blew up one night. The newspapers screamed that the Spaniards had obviously done it, and clamored for war. Probably the battleship was sunk by the explosion of a bomb disguised as a lump of coal and slipped into the coal supply of the vessel by anarchists. But then, as now, the press knew best, without waiting to thoroughly investigate the facts. The continuous drumbeating for war got the public in the mood, but the Republican administration of McKinley was happy to swim with the tide of public opinion. Most of the fighting was in Cuba and the Philippine Islands, which were another Spanish colony at the time. Cuba was handy to the US, the site of the destruction of the USS Maine, and the majority of the Cuban people were for ridding themselves of Spanish colonialism. The US captured Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico in 1898. Cuba was almost immediately set up as an independent nation, and the US still has Puerto Rico today. The US kept the Philippines until 1947, before the Philippines were also set up as a new nation, but not before US possession of the Philippines provoked the Japanese to attack the US in Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, and drag the US into WWII.
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Did the US declare war on Germany yes or no?
DID THE UNITED STATES DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY FIRST YES OR NO
Who may declare war on other nations?
In the United States government, Congress has the power to declare war on other nations.
Who did the US declare war on when they entered World War 2?
The United States was bombed by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor which cause a declaration of war but Germany had an alliance with Japan and it had forced the United States to declare war on Germany too. Then Germany had an alliance with Italy which cause the United States to declare war on yet another country. Then the world was at war and therefore World War 2 started.
Under what conditions may a state engage in war with a foreign nation?
A sovereign state can do soIndividual states of the US do not posses the ability to declare war, it's in the Constitution. If a state was to be invaded then the United States would be invaded right? So if the United States is invaded then the United States would be fighting a war. States cannot declare war and it would be the country as a whole to declare war.
WHY did NAZI Germany declare war on the US?
Because the United States had declared war on Japan, Germany's ally.
What event caused the US to declare war on Spain in 1898?
An economic reason for the United States to declare war on Spain in 1898 included protecting US interests in Cuba.
Who has to declare war?
In the United States, only a joint resolution of Congress can officially declare war.
Did the US declare war on Germany yes or no?
DID THE UNITED STATES DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY FIRST YES OR NO
Who can veto bills and select supreme court justices but cannot declare war?
The President of the United States. Only Congress has the authority to declare war.
Can declare war?
For the United States, only the US Congress has the power to declare war. That's explicit in the US consitution.
Who may declare war on other nations?
In the United States government, Congress has the power to declare war on other nations.
Can the state department declare war?
No. The State Department cannot declare war. The Commander and Chief is the only person who can declare war. That would be the President of the United States.
Who did the US declare war on when they entered World War 2?
The United States was bombed by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor which cause a declaration of war but Germany had an alliance with Japan and it had forced the United States to declare war on Germany too. Then Germany had an alliance with Italy which cause the United States to declare war on yet another country. Then the world was at war and therefore World War 2 started.
Spanish-American War?
A war between Spain and the United States fought in 1898. The war began as an intervention by the United States on behalf of Cuba.
What was the first nation to formally declare war in World War 1?
united states
When did the United States declare war with Mexico?
On 13 May 1846.
Why did Osama Bin Laden declare a holy war on the?
United States
