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Which city served as a staging area for the United States’ troops heading to Cuba during the Spanish-American War?

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The city of Tampa in Florida served as a staging area for the United States' troops bound for Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Thirty thousand troops, along with Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders cavalry unit arrived in the city of Tampa.
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