Yes, the root cause of the war was the quest for Cuban Independence.
The United States has fought Spain on several occasions, but in the Spanish-American War, the impetus for the American Declaration of War was the sinking of the USS MAINE off of Cuba and the Yellow Journalism associated with that event.
The Spanish American War.
They declare war on Spain, who was then controlling Cuba, while Cuba was losing a revolution. Also thanks to yellow journalism, USA got mad, and declared war on Spain.
Spain and the US.
The Hearst newspapers.
Cuba
The United States has fought Spain on several occasions, but in the Spanish-American War, the impetus for the American Declaration of War was the sinking of the USS MAINE off of Cuba and the Yellow Journalism associated with that event.
Half correct; declared war on SPAIN. At that time, Cuba was a territory of Spain.
The Spanish American War.
They declare war on Spain, who was then controlling Cuba, while Cuba was losing a revolution. Also thanks to yellow journalism, USA got mad, and declared war on Spain.
The Spanish-American War was mainly fought for Cuban independence from Spain. After the US, Cuba, and Spain's colonies defeated Spain, Spain signed over its territories (the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico) to the US. The US also technically gained Cuba as the country occupied Cuba postwar.
The Unites States was heavily influenced by Yellow Journalism, the newspapers in this category manipulated people's minds into thinking that we should go to war with Spain by exposing Spanish Atrocities.
No, Spain did not give Cuba to Spain but, the U.S.A offered to by Cuba in the late 1800s.
US. They werent friends with cuba after they sunk the maine
In 1960, Washington imposed a trade embargo
Spain and the US.
The Hearst newspapers.