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Spanish American War during 1898. The Spanish blew up the USS Maine in the Port of Havana. President McKinley declared war with Spain. Future president Theodore Roosevelt rode to fame during this war as a member of the Rough Riders. As a result Cuba won independence from Spain and the US got Puerto Rico,Guam and the Philippines.

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