Congress approved President McKinley's request for a declaration of war on April 25, 1898; yet the Spanish-American War was the culmination of decades of pressure toward U.S. expansionism.

Prosperous Filipino business men, like the U.S. robber barons of the 1890s, build ornate homes in Manila’s luxurious suburb of Forbes Park, where special police with carbines guard the streets ...

With the Manila Bay as one of its. July 10, 2022. News. Global Nation. Business. Lifestyle. Entertainment. ... In the 1890s, wealthy Binondo folk built summer houses and seaside villas along Calle ...