Since the early years of the 19th century, many Americans had watched with sympathy the series of revolutions that ended Spanish authority throughout South America, Central America, and Mexico. Many people in the United States were irritated that the Spanish flag continued to fly in Cuba and Puerto Rico. The brutality with which Spain put down Cuban demands for a degree of local autonomy and personal liberty aroused both sympathy and anger. Support for the cause of Cuban independence had deep historical roots in the United States, and this cause became the stated objective of the war. However, I believe that the U.S. reason for going to war was primarily due to their the growing imperialism and Cuba 's independence was just a good excuse for them to try to extend American influence overseas knowing that they would be able to defeat Spain.

The United States was booming industrially and without a foreign market, the country would have been fully saturated and v

If the United States was truly concerned with the well being of the citizens in the Philippians, then I don't think they would have gone into such a brutal war with them. The US knew that the Philippines didn't truly stand a chance in war, but they fought them regardless because the primary interest in the Philippines was the Americans' objective. To me it seemed more like the US would do anything, even kill thousand of Philippine citizens fighting for their independence just to establish a base in that country and control parts of the Asian market. The people who the US were claiming that they were looking out for ended up losing the most and being the biggest losers in the war.

ery little consuming could be done. Therefore, fighting Spain for a noble cause would make them look good as well as be able to force Spain to give up much of their territories for the US to make use of. This is exactly what happened after the US won the Spanish-American War. The Spanish withdrew from Cuba, leaving the island under temporary U.S. occupation

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