Crucible of Empire In 1898 as a result of the Spanish American War, the United States established itself in its role as an imperial power in the world. The war also caused a modern, globalized America that was on the threshold of becoming a global superpower. However, this new role for America was against the initial founding values of anti-imperialism. From the text, “The Spanish-American war of 1898 represents one of the clearest cases where the United States broke from unilateralist policy, to

The Spanish-American War in 1898 marked a turning point in United States foreign policy due to the fact that it was the first time America stepped away from economic isolationism and embraced imperialism. Before the war, the country was dealing with Reconstruction and Manifest Destiny. After the war, the country was regulating entire civilized populations through acquired territories from the war, and the Panama Canal. Before the Spanish-American War, America was an isolationist country that kept

A Turning Point in American Foreign Policy: The Spanish- American War The Spanish-American War, which took place in 1898, represented a significant moment in American history that reshaped the course of the nation's foreign policy. This essay aims to analyze the extent to which the Spanish-American War served as a turning point in shaping American foreign policy. By examining its impact on territorial expansion, interventionist tendencies, emergence as a global power, and the Roosevelt Corollary

260 Americans were killed because of this explosion. President McKinley and mostly all Americans wanted to prevent war, they just wanted to have a peaceful relationship with Cubans. However, there were some incidents between U.S. and Spain early in 1898. The Americans believed that the more they destroyed Cuba’s mainland, the quicker Spanish would leave Cuba, and Cuba will be able to be free at last. The explosion of the Maine was one of the primary reasons to the start of the Spanish-American War

The Spanish American war began on February 10th of 1898, when an unknown bomb had sunk the USS battleship in the Havana Harbor. The reason for The Spanish American war was because Cubans were being treated as slaves. Many Cubans were dying of starvation. Cuba wanted to be a individual nation separated from Spain. President William Mckinley, was who had asked congress to call out war on Spain and even though that was not what he had in mind, which was to start a war, he still proceeded anyways. President

of the war. Many people are getting killed and getting diseases. The Spanish-American War going on is a dispute between Spain and America. It is the year of 1898 and Spain has declared war on us. It started when Spain wanted independence for their country. Fights happened near most of the Spanish colonials which was in Cuba and the Philippines. America's support on the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule made the situation even harder. We destroyed the Spanish naval force

Spanish-American War The Spanish-American war of 1998 was a huge beginning for the many people, all because America empathized and had a lot of sympathy towards the people of Cuba, who were under the colonial rule of spain. America reacted to this, most likely because it reminded them of the time they were under the colonial rule of Britain, they both just wanted to be liberated from those rulers. Certain precipitating things happened, pushing America and its people to declare war against the spanish

Alec Anguiano Mrs. Pinson English 3 7 November 2014 Research Paper Causes of the Spanish-American War Cuba’s Battles of Independence “A splendid little war” is what Secretary of State John Hay said when the Spanish-American War was over. The war between U.S. and Spain had many causes. Cuba fought for its independence from Spain, causing American to support for sense of sympathy. Cuba’s battles struggled on with Spain that began in February 1895. U.S. had paramount issues from the patriotic demands