One long term cause of the Spanish American War was to protect American business interests in Cuba. Another cause was America's support for Cuba's independence.
It was between Spain and the US with both sides recruiting local support.
Spanish attack on the American Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor
In support of Cuban independence.
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It fought the Spanish American War in support of Cuban Independence.
There was almost unanimous public support for Cuban Independence.
One long term cause of the Spanish American War was to protect American business interests in Cuba. Another cause was America's support for Cuba's independence.
It was between Spain and the US with both sides recruiting local support.
Britain was the American colonists' primary adversary.
America
Spanish attack on the American Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor
In support of Cuban independence.
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France and Spain were America's allies, with the French supplying troops, warships, and money, and the Spanish providing loans. While both governments were sympathetic to the American goal of independence, both were equally motivated by the idea that an American victory might serve to weaken Great Britain, their long-time enemy.
On Independence day 1821,in response to those who advocated American support for Spanish America's Independence movement from Spain, Adams gave a speech in which he said that American policy was moral support for but not armed intervention on behalf of independence movements, stating that America "goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy."
To provide support for Cuban Independence.