The First News That Americans Heard About Action in the Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino

question 96

Multiple Choice

The first news that Americans heard about action in the Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War concerned the

• A) defeat of American forces in Puerto Rico.
• B) destruction of the Spanish fleet in Santiago Harbor.
• C) New Navy's defeat of the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay, the Philippines.
• D) taking of San Juan Hill by Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders.

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