The war grew out the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain; the brutality with which Spain put down Cuban demands for independence made Americans both sympathetic and angry on the part of the Cubans.

An important factor in the U.S. decision to go to war was the growing imperialism of the United States, as seen in the mounting efforts to extend American influence overseas. The increasingly aggressive behavior of the United States was often justified by the belief of "Manifest Destiny", which

The actual war it self lasted less that four months, the American strategy revolved around destroying the Spanish navy wherever they found them, including in the Pacific. With the Americans vastly superior navy the Spanish stood no chance, and by August 12, 1898 America had pretty much achieved total victory.

The signing of this treaty affectivity ended the Spanish colonial empire and made the U.S. a world power. The Spanish-American War did a number of other things as well, it showed the U.S. the importance of having a two-ocean navy, and it also helped speed up the constriction of the Panama Canal. The war also help give notoriety to man a man that would later become President; Theodore Roosevelt.

On April 11, 1898 President William McKinley sen

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