Spanish-American War. War conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898, the result of the North American intervention in the Cuban war of independence. Spanish soldiers rejecting the landing of US troops on the coast of Cienfuegos (Cuba). Illustration by M. Alcazar. Photoengraving by Laporta. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898. (Photo by: Prisma/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)