Percentage of Cuba's sugar industry controlled by the United States in 1895: 90% Number of years Cubans had been fighting for their independence from Spain before the Spanish-American War: at least...

"Once the United States is in Cuba who will drive it out?" "We can no longer afford to disregard international rivalries now that we ourselves have become a competitor in the world-wide struggle fo...

Presidential ElectionsElection of 1896: Republican William McKinley defeats Democratic candidate William J. Bryan with an Electoral College majority of 271. McKinley wins 7,102,246 popular votes ou...

Annexation This is a formal act in which a state or nation claims control over territory outside its domain, often after some form of military conquest, or by military occupation. Cuba Libre In the...