. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . 244 OUR COUNTRYS STORY Victory atSantiago Terms ofpeace. Copyright, 1898, by J. C. Hemmcnl WRECK OF THE SPANISH FLAGSHIP REINA MERCEDES(Morro Castle, Santiago, is seen in the background) made upon Santiago, and the Spaniards saw that it must sur-render. Orders were sent for the Spanish fleet to sail out of thebottle and attackthe American ves-sels. This wasdone, but the fleetwas completely de-stroyed. The restof the Spanishnavy had to stayat home to defendthe coast, and soonSpain asked forpeace. She agreed to give freedom to C
. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . 244 OUR COUNTRYS STORY Victory atSantiago Terms ofpeace. Copyright, 1898, by J. C. Hemmcnl WRECK OF THE SPANISH FLAGSHIP REINA MERCEDES(Morro Castle, Santiago, is seen in the background) made upon Santiago, and the Spaniards saw that it must sur-render. Orders were sent for the Spanish fleet to sail out of thebottle and attackthe American ves-sels. This wasdone, but the fleetwas completely de-stroyed. The restof the Spanishnavy had to stayat home to defendthe coast, and soonSpain asked forpeace. She agreed to give freedom to Cuba and to surrender PortoRico to the United States as well as Guam, a small island in theLadrones. The Philippines she was to sell to the United Statesfor twenty million dollars. The treaty wassigned in December, 1898, and Spain no longerowned a foot of land in the western hemi-sphere. What were supposed to be theremains of Christopher Columbus were re-moved to Spain from the cathedral of Ha-vana. While the war was going on, theHawaiian Islands asked to be annexed tothe United States, and the request wasgranted. The w
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