Historic Headlines. On July 1, 1898, United States forces, including Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, defeated greatly outnumbered Spanish forces at San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill near the Spanish stronghold of Santiago de Cuba.
Likewise, people ask, what happened to the Philippines after the Spanish-American War?
After the Spanish-American War, while the American public and politicians debated the annexation question, Filipino revolutionaries under Aguinaldo seized control of most of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon and proclaimed the establishment of the independent Philippine Republic.
Accordingly, what was the battlefield situation faced by the Americans at the Battle of San Juan Hill?
Which best described the battlefield situation faced by the Americans at the Battle of San Juan Hill? Roosevelt’s unit was to assist with the capture of Spanish positions on the San Juan Heights. The Rough Riders were in a position where they were taking Spanish fire while waiting for further orders.