Forced them to move to reconcentration camps
Hispanic
Americans were afraid the United States could not win the war on its own. Americans thought the Cuban revolutionaries wouldn't allow the United States to trade there. Americans feared that other foreign powers would gain power if the United States did not get involved. Americans thought the Cuban people were not ready to govern themselves.
to end the fighting between the Spanish government and the Cuban rebels.
The Cuban Missile Crisis.
Americans had large investments in Cuba. They didn't want to lose all of their money, so they helped the Cubans out.
it whipped up American public opinion in favor of the rebels :)
Jose Marti
They sent their armies to crush the rebellion and they would have succeeded had the Americans not intervened in 1898.
The Wilson Gorman Tariff.
Independence from Spain.
Spanish oppression of the Cuban people triggered a rebellion that earned the sympathy of many Americans, some of whom began providing arms and money to the rebels.
Forced them to move to reconcentration camps
The Cuban and Philippine Revolutions in the 1890s gave the United States the ability to find a local population that was willing and able to assist in overthrowing the Spanish. This allowed the United States to later quasi-annex the territory.
The Cuban and Philippine Revolutions in the 1890s gave the United States the ability to find a local population that was willing and able to assist in overthrowing the Spanish. This allowed the United States to later quasi-annex the territory.
The Cuban and Philippine Revolutions in the 1890s gave the United States the ability to find a local population that was willing and able to assist in overthrowing the Spanish. This allowed the United States to later quasi-annex the territory.
The Cuban and Philippine Revolutions in the 1890s gave the United States the ability to find a local population that was willing and able to assist in overthrowing the Spanish. This allowed the United States to later quasi-annex the territory.