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Not really, it had a wide base of public support in part because of the reporting by the Hearst newspapers of Spanish reconcentration camp deaths by starvation and other atrocities. There was widespread backing for the troops being sent over and the number of willing volunteers who wanted to get personally involved far excceeded the Army's needs.
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∙ 13y agoPossibly on the basis of aiding Cuba and ending the reconcentration camp deaths.
Answer:Assuming the question refers to the Spanish-American War of 1898, well, it is debatable. The nominal primary US goal was the freeing of Cuba from the Spanish Empire (for mainly selfish commercial interests); however, the manner in which the conflict erupted is generally considered to be the exemplary case of jingoism. That is, the Spanish Empire was weak and well on the road to collapse, and the US most likely could have accomplished its "goal" with some more time and diplomatic means.On the other hand, the Spanish-American War was notably internationally for two major reasons: (1) it signaled the end of the Spanish Empire and the exit of Spain as any form a Great Power (2) it announced the rise of the US as a Great Power, and ushered in the period of US colonialism/Imperialism.
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If, on the other hand, the question refers to the Philippine Insurrection of 1899-1902 (which is also sometimes known as the Philippine-US War), from a modern context, the answer would have to be NO, it was not justified. This war was pretty much a standard colonial oppression war, with the new colonial power (the US) preventing a newly-acquired colony from gaining its own independence. From a modern viewpoint, the war was excessively cruel and repressive, and the goal very morally questionable. Frankly, the more reasonable solution would have been to either allow the Philippines full independence (as Cuba was), or to bring them into the US as a formal territory with a path to statehood.
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∙ 13y agoIn the eyes of the Americans and future US President Theodore Roosevelt, it was. But in the eyes of the Spanish, it was considered unfair stealing by the Americans.
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∙ 13y agoWar is rarely a necessary conflict.
Only if you believed that the reconcentration camps were a crime agains humanity (And they were).
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What is a synonym for the spanish American war?
A synonym for the spanish-american war is the american-spanish war. MAKE SURE TO ADD THE heifen or -...
What was the Philippines response to the Spanish American War?
The Philippine American war was the direct response to the Spanish American War.
Did Mexico win the Spanish and American War?
The Spanish American War did not involve Mexico.
what was the American and Cuban war?
Spanish American war 1898
The Spanish American War took place in what three countries?
Puerto Rico was a Spanish American War battlefield. Cuba was a Spanish American War battlefield. Guam was a bloodless Spanish American War battlefield. The Philippines was a Spanish American War battlefield that became a long and bloody Philippine American War battlefield.
What is a synonym for the spanish American war?
A synonym for the spanish-american war is the american-spanish war. MAKE SURE TO ADD THE heifen or -...
How can you use the word Spanish-American war in a sentence?
I'm glad I finished that chapter on the Spanish-American War before the test.
What was the Philippines response to the Spanish American War?
The Philippine American war was the direct response to the Spanish American War.
What war did the US fight in 1898?
Spanish-American War, lasted about 6 months, in 1898.
What was the result of the Spanish-American War in the Philippine Islands?
The Spanish American War ennded and the Philippine American War began.
What year did the Spanish American War break out?
the Spanish American War started in 1898
What kind of military technology used in the Spanish-American war?
there was no spanish american war.
What was the Cuba's role in the Spanish American war?
It was the primary battlefield of the Spanish American War.
Did Mexico win the Spanish and American War?
The Spanish American War did not involve Mexico.
The US fought the Spanish in what war?
The Spanish American War.
Wounded in the spanish war?
The Spanish Civil War of 1936 or the Spanish-American War of 1898?
Where was the first American Spanish War at?
The first battle of the Spanish American War was at Manila Bay.
