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the conflict before the American public, and by focusing on Spanish atrocities, ... 
resolution on April 20 and ordered a naval blockade of Cuba on April 21. ... 
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all of their horses and mules in Florida when they shipped out to Cuba. ... The 
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possessions in the present-day United States (then under Mexican ... U.S. 
interest in purchasing Cuba had begun long before 1898. ... On April 21 
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the President ordered the Navy to begin a blockade of ... Congress responded 
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Question: The U.S. declared war on April 25, but made it retroactive to April 21, the day before this was ordered on Cuba
Answer: Blockade