Spanish ship was taken. By April 25, both Spain and the U.S. declare war. The Spanish-American War was an extremely quick war, highlighted in history by Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders in the battle of San Juan Hill. Spain was completely stomped. On the way to capture the Philippine Islands, Spain’s most worthwhile colony U.S. Naval forces also capture Guam. Closer to home, the U.S. took Puerto Rico on October 18 after completely obliterating the Spanish home fleet. The Spanish Navy was so torn apart in fact that a Spanish squadron heading for the Philippines was forced to turn back to defend the home front. After all was said and done, this war was over in little more than eight months with the Treaty of Paris on December 10. The Spanish-American War is a pivotal point in American history in that it signifies the end of the depression after reconstruction and establishes the U.S. for the first time as a force to be reckoned with across the world. As with all events in modern history, especially wars, the view of that event by the masses is typified by how the media spins it. The Spanish-American War is know as being the “Splendid Little War” by the general American public. With Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders the U.S. went in, kicked ass and got its jump into the forefront of the struggle for world economic and territorial power of the time. What is important though is the fact that with all of the sensationalism or “yellow journalism” of the time a more important event that cost more resources and lives that all the battles of the Spanish-American war put together, the Philippine Insurrection, was almost completely forgotten by the American public. You really cannot blame the society of the time because they really needed a good war to get the country going again.Usually, when a major event such as a war takes place, American society and attitude are forever altered. Some...