How did publisher Williarm Randolph Hearst influence the us government to declare war on Spain
An economic reason for the United States to declare war on Spain in 1898 included protecting US interests in Cuba.
Half correct; declared war on SPAIN. At that time, Cuba was a territory of Spain.
No, the issue was Cuba and Cuban Independence,
The event that lead to war was the Spanish sinking of the Maine.
They declare war on Spain, who was then controlling Cuba, while Cuba was losing a revolution. Also thanks to yellow journalism, USA got mad, and declared war on Spain.
They wanted food
The United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The explosion that sank the USS Maine was blamed on Spain.
june 16 1779
No, and the US did not declare war on Finland. However, UK declared war on Finland on 6 December 1941.
For the United States, only the US Congress has the power to declare war. That's explicit in the US consitution.
France and Spain