Covered, nonexempt workers are entitled to a minimum wage of $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009. Special provisions apply to workers in American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Spledid Little War is the name given to the Spanish-American War by Secretary of State John Hay. Spledid Little War was a nickname given to the Spanish-American war because there were very few dead americans and the U.S took over more land. Spledid Little War is the name given to the Spanish-American War by Secretary of State John Hay. <br /><br /><br /> Spledid Little War was a nickname given to the Spanish-American war because there were very few dead americans and the U.S took over more land.
spanish-american war. The sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor on 15 February 1898 provided a dramatic casus belli for the Spanish-American War, but underlying causes included U.S. economic interests ($50 million invested in Cuba; $100 million in annual trade, mostly sugar) as well as genuine humanitarian concern over long-continued Spanish misrule.