The Spanish American War And Its Causes
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The Spanish-American War started off with no conflict between US
and Spain. Cuba and Spain were were arguing because Cuba thought that it
should be it's own country and Spain didn't. Spain was basically using
harsh and cruel punishment to get Cuba to shut up. The US wasn't happy, but
they didn't r ....
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soldiers, Americans, if they hadn't before, they were now demanding war
more than ever. They blamed the explosion on Spain and told McKinley to go
to war.
McKinley had decided to go to war even though Spain had given in to
America's demands. He didn't want to look like a coward to the American
people. He was also afraid that resisting war would cost Republicans
control of Congress in the fall elections.
The battle for the Philippines was very important to the war. This
is where ....
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