Spanish American War Causes

Eventually, this led to US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. At the start of the 20th century, an immense number immigrants flocked to America in hopes of achieving the American Dream so many wished to achieve. Unfortunately, with racism becoming such a prevalent issue in the nation, specifically towards African Americans, segregation and a belittling

“The Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War” documentary explain how the U.S got involved in a war that was between Spain and Cuba. Cuba wanted their independences from Spain. They wanted to have power over their own government and not stand under Spain which they have been for many decades. President William McKinley didn’t want the U.S to get between the two because he felt the U.S must avoid the temptation of territorial aggression. No everyone felt the same way as him, assistant secretary of the navy Teddy Roosevelt thought that a war with Spain over Cuba would make U.S a world power.

The first reason is the main reason the U.S joined the Spanish-American war is territory and resources. According to a document by Jason Colby, Spain took control of Cuba, the Philippines Islands, and Puerto Rico. The U.S was worried that

During the 19th century, the people of the United States of America had a belief that they had a justifiable right to expand its territory; otherwise known as manifest destiny. This belief of inevitable conquering land in North America led to conflicts with the indigenous people already occupying the land. One of the conflicts the Americans had with the indigenous people of North America was the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) in which Mexico fought for their territory that the Americans thought was rightfully theirs in the attempt to expand west. There may be several reasons to the cause of the Mexican-American war, however, the two major causes of the war were consequences resulting from the Texas War of Independence and the American’s desire

The Spanish American War ends in 1898, resulting in a treaty in which the United States acquires Spanish colonies, including the Philippines. This treaty leads to a great debate amongst the U.S. citizens as to what should be done with these countries obtained. While political leaders, such as William McKinley

“Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!” (Norris 123). Years before the war, the United States and Spain were at peace with one another until April 1898. President Mckinley was pressured into retaliation caused from the sinking of the battleship Maine and words from the press.

Jordan Sledge The Spanish-American War of 1898 was a conflict between Spain and the United States. This war was very popular, having many men volunteering to fight against evil. Americans loved the idea of freeing the oppressed people of Cuba. They saw themselves as a strong nation that needed to liberate the Cubans because they could not do it alone. The war shaped America culturally--it defined who was socially a “true” American citizen, and who wasn’t.

US Justified or Not Justified War, bloodshed, trespassing, death, all this was caused by the US going to war for no reason. During this time, many interesting things happened. In 1848 the first baseball diamond was laid out in New York. Another interesting fact was that Mexico was a Catholic country, while America was a mostly Protestant country. This caused a lot of anger among the two countries.

The Spanish-American War occured over a few months in 1998 and became referred to as “a splendid little war”. The tension leading up to the war lasted longer than the war itself. In 1895, Cuba began to revolt against the Spanish government and Americans seeked to help the Cubans--But also imperialize their country. In February, 1998, The U.S.S. Maine exploded while en route to help Americans in Cuba and the Spanish were blamed immediately. Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, was furious with President Mckinley for not taking action throughout the time leading up to the Spanish-American War.

To understand this war one must know the background. Spain had ben occupying Cuba for many years. Cuba became resentful of their unfair treatment and began to rebel. American saw this rebellion as a mirror to their own struggle against British forces some 120 years earlier. In Hearst’s papers he showed the Cuban Rebels as noble patriots, though many of them had resorted to acts of terrorism.

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.

Well, things went to down, straight to war when Spain started fired and destroyed the Maine which people didn’t know that the firing was an accident. The Americans, us, were furious and they declare war, even Roosevelt and

The 1st Volunteer Cavalry, or the Rough Riders, fought in Cuba on July 1, 1898. The Rough Riders and two African American regiments marched up San Juan hill and helped General Shafter’s troops, which were outnumbered seven to one (“The Soldier”). The Americans won the war when Shafter and the Rough Riders destroyed the Spanish Atlantic fleet in the Santiago Harbor (“Spanish-American War”). At the end of the war, Spain and the United States signed a peace treaty in Paris. Spain ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S., and Cuba established its independence.

the United States used propaganda targeting humanitarian concerns to incite the public to declare war. As Americans were interested in the Cuban Revolution, sensational journalism only raised tensions between the United States and the Spanish monarchy, which would help cause the war. While General Weyler

The Spanish-American War was heavily supported by pro-imperialists looking to expand America’s power. Anti-imperialists believed in their cause because they thought it was a violation of self-determination, too expensive, and would get America too involved foreign affairs. Support for the Spanish-American War was not seen from many anti-imperialists. These opposing viewpoints on imperialism are seen in Editha through the characterization of Editha and George. Editha supports the Spanish-American War and represents the pro-imperialist view.