Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Yakin Spain da Amurka (Spanish: Guerra hispano-americana ko Guerra hispano-estadounidense; Filipino: Digmaang Espanyol-Amerikano) ya kasance rikici tsakanin Spain da Amurka a 1898. Rikicin ya fara ne bayan fashewar cikin gida na USS Maine a tashar jiragen ruwa ta Havana a Cuba, wanda ya haifar da sa hannun Amurka a yakin neman 'yancin Cuba. Yaƙin ya haifar da fitowar Amurka a cikin yankin Caribbean, kuma ya haifar da Amurka ta mallaki mallakar Mutanen Espanya na Pacific. Wannan ya haifar da shigar Amurka cikin Juyin Juya Halin Philippine kuma a ƙarshe a cikin Yaƙin Philippine-American.Babban batun shine 'yancin Cuba. An yi tawaye na wasu shekaru a Cuba a kan mulkin Spain. Daga baya Amurka ta goyi bayan wadannan tawaye lokacin da suka shiga yakin Mutanen Espanya da Amurka. Akwai yaƙe-yaƙe da suka faru a baya, kamar yadda a cikin Virginius Affair a 1873, amma a ƙarshen 1890s, ra'ayin jama'ar Amurka ya damu da rahotannin mummunar mummunar Mutanen Espanya. Kamfanonin kasuwanci sun dawo ne daga mawuyacin hali kuma sun ji tsoron cewa yaƙi zai sake dawo da nasarorin. Ya yi kira da ƙarfi a kan yaƙi. Shugaba William McKinley ya yi watsi da jaridar rawaya mai zurfi kuma ya nemi zaman lafiya. Jirgin ruwan sojan Amurka mai suna USS Maine ya fashe kuma ya nutse a Havana Harbor; matsin lamba na siyasa daga Jam'iyyar Democrat ya tura McKinley cikin yakin da yake so ya guji.  Tambaya: Yaushe ne yakin Mutanen Espanya da Amurka?
Shekara ta 1898