spanish-american war造句
1. During the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, which he led on a charge at the battle of San Juan.
2. Today, historians point to the Spanish-American War as the first press-driven war.
3. The Spanish-American War is often referred to as the first "media war."
4. The Spanish-American War of 1898 was financed by, among other things, a renewed estate tax and a telephone tax.
5. The Spanish-American war enjoyed deep and broad public support, far greater than the support given to the invasion of Iraq.
6. It was invented by Richard J. Gatling during the American Civil War, and later used in the Spanish-American War, but was supplanted by advanced weaponry soon after.
7. The war in Afghanistan will consume more money this year alone than we spent on the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War — combined.
8. In 1898, the United States and Spain became involved in the Spanish-American war.
9. When the United States took control of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War in 1898, one of the first things the U.S. did was send in American teachers.
10. Author Elbert Hubbard told the story of an incident during the Spanish-American War.
11. Winfield Scott captured the city in 847 during the Spanish-American War. Population, 284,822.
12. Hurricanes laid waste to so many powerful armadas that, during the Spanish-American War, President McKinley declared that he feared the storms more than the Spanish navy.
13. A newspaper scare closer to home arose during the Spanish-American War, when packers were blamed with shipping "embalmed beef " that sickened the troops.