Who was the president during the Spanish-American War?
1) “William McKinley, Jr. (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the twenty-fifth President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected.” “As president, he fought the Spanish-American War. McKinley for months resisted the public demand for war, which was based on news of Spanish atrocities in Cuba, but was unable to get Spain to agree to implement reforms immediately. Later he annexed the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam, as well as Hawaii, and set up a protectorate over Cuba. He was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, and succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.” “Significant events during presidency Dingley Tariff (1897) Maximum Freight Case (1897) Annexation of Hawaii (1898) Spanish-American War (1898) Philippine-American War (1899-1913) Boxer Rebellion (1900) Gold Standard Act (1900)” “President William McKinley 1897–1901” Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley 2) “The USS Maine arrived in Havana
