Spanish-American War
Noun
Meaning
a war between the United States and Spain in 1898
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Examples
I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War.
But the journey from the Spanish-American War to World War I to World War II started out West.
After a disappointing loss in Cincinnati at the start of their baseball tour, the heroes of the Spanish-American War bounced back in Louisville.
After the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Roosevelt insisted on serving and eventually became colonel of the First U.S. Volunteer Calvary.
He served at Jefferson Barracks as a clerk in the quartermaster’s department, equipping soldiers in the Spanish-American War.
In 1898, the U.S. Navy seized Guam, the largest of the Mariana Islands in the Pacific, during the Spanish-American War.