By: Tyrone Richardson

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The Battle of San Juan Hill

• By Tyrone Richardson

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How the War began?

• On February 15, 1898, a US battle ship called
  Maine exploded. Spain was accused of destroying
  the battle ship. On April 26, Congress declared
  war on Spain. Nobody knows why they decided to
  sink the Maine.

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The Battle of San Juan Hill Overview

• On July 1, 1898, on the island of Cuba , a
  battle emerged in Cuba the battle of San Juan
  Hill (the actual name is the Battle of Kettle
  Hill, but a news reporter changed it). The Battle
  of San Juan Hill was the most recognized and
  bloodiest battle in the Spanish-American War.

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The Battle of San Juan Hill

• The Spanish Army was on top of Kettle Hill they
  were unleashing every thing they had on the
  Americans. The Americans were immobilized at the
  bottom of Kettle Hill. Theodore Roosevelt (who
  was colonel at the moment) had ordered his men to
  assault Kettle Hill and capture it. They stormed
  up the hill most of the American troops however
  were killed by Spanish snipers. They still
  managed to get on top of the hill.

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The aftermath of the battle

• When the American Army had started, they
  originally had 8,000 men along with 443 Rough
  Riders (the Rough Riders were average men who
  volunteered and they could ride on horse back
  well). The aftermath was 205 killed and 1,108
  wounded. The Spanish however started out with 750
  men. Their death toll was only 58 dead, 170
  wounded, and 39 captured, However, Americans
  gained control over the Caribbean Island (Spain
  owned it before the war).

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How the Spanish-American War changed the US?

• The Spanish-American War changed the US because
  when they emerged from the war, they became a
  major military power and they played a big role
  in the economic affairs of the world. Because of
  those reasons, it gave the nation a new found
  respect from other nations of the world.

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The technology changes
Before
Now

• The tactics and technologies have improved since
  the Battle of San Juan Hill. The American
  commanders wanted to make sure that they did not
  lose any more men due to a bad plan of attack.
  Due the improvement of the technologies, the
  tactics had to change.

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Pictures url
Second slide http//www.navsource.org/archives/01/maine.htm http//www.navsource.org/archives/01/maine.htm
Fourth slide http//www.latinamericanstudies.org/spanwar6.htm http//militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars1800s/p/sanjuanhill.htm
Fifth slide Clip art None
Seventh slide http//www.picturehistory.com/product/id/28197 http//www.militaryvehicles.com/site_pages/current_day.html