![]() Photographic History of the Spanish American War, p. The Cuban leadership resisted this measure, convinced that continued armed resistance would lead to independence. At this juncture an anarchist assassinated Cánovas, and his successor, the leader of the Liberal Party Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, decided to make a grant of autonomy to Cuba and Puerto Rico. President William McKinley then increased pressure on Spain to end the affair, dispatching a new minister to Spain for this purpose. His stern methods, including reconcentration of the civilian population to deny the guerrillas support in the countryside, strengthened U.S. The Cuban cause gained increasing support in the United States, leading President Grover Cleveland to press for a settlement, but instead Spain sent General Valeriano Weyler to pacify Cuba. The Spanish Conservative Party, led by Antonio Cánovas y Castillo, vowed to suppress the insurrectos, but failed to do so. Operations began in southeastern Cuba but soon spread westward. Spain possessed superior numbers of troops, forcing the Cuban generals Máximo Gómez and Antonio Maceo, to wage guerrilla warfare in the hope of exhausting the enemy. Cuban juntas provided leadership and funds for the military operations conducted in Cuba. ![]() ![]() In 1895 the Cuban patriot and revolutionary, José Martí, resumed the Cuban struggle for freedom that had failed during the Ten Years' War (1868-1878). In both instances the intervention of the United States was the culminating event. The Cubans gained independence, but the Filipinos did not. 1898 HOME > The Spanish-American War The Spanish-American War by David Traskīetween 18 Cuba and the Philippine Islands revolted against Spain. ![]()
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