It may have been a look good, feel good event but the US had placed restrictions on Cuban independence and felt that those mandates protected US interests in Cuba. It was also the way that big business wanted it, because as a US Territory US labor laws would have to be complied with and that would have reduced their profit margin.
it didnt
Cuba was a Spanish Colony.
Cuba gained limited independence after the Spanish American War
Santiago de Cuba.
Led to a confrontation in Cuba.
it didnt
To own Cuba. They backed up that claim with the Teller Amendment.
Cuba was a Spanish Colony.
Cuba was a Spanish Territory until the Spanish American War.
There is no Spanish stronghold in Cuba. There is an American base - Guantanamo Bay.
To eject the Spanish Army from Cuba.
Cuba was a territory of Spain until the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898. The war was betweein the U.S.and Spain not the U.S. and Cuba.
Cuba gained limited independence after the Spanish American War
Santiago de Cuba.
Led to a confrontation in Cuba.
Cuba - APEX
After the Spanish-American War, many workers in Cuba resented American control of the economy.