Compare And Contrast The Spanish American War

The Spanish-American war commenced with the Wilson- Gorman Tariff, 1894. The American tariff on sugar imports hurt the Cuba's economy that was manufactured sugar. Angry nationalists (insurrection) revolted against the Spanish Colonial regime. Therefore, Spain sent General Weyler to Cuba to deal with the situation.

Thesis The intention for the common good and self interest in America, generated violent conflict that created political, economic and social change in the United States and the world. The Battle of Sand Creek, the KKK and the Spanish American War are examples of America’s self-interest. Sand Creek Topic sentence + details

The time period 1450 CE to 1750 CE, the mid-fifteen century more specifically, was an era of great significance for not only the Spanish but also the Ottoman Empire. Both empires were up-and-coming, rising up, becoming powerful by simply achieving amazing milestones for their empires. During the mid-fifteenth century, the Spanish Empire had just discovered the Americas, on the other hand the Ottomans had just taken Constantinople, city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire. The fifteenth century was just the start for both of these empires to become large and start dominating.

At the height of the Gilded Age, the want of power outside of the American borders controlled the causes and ends of war, specifically the Spanish-American War. A war that lead a country whose history was founded on independence to seek dominance over its own colonies. There were two clear opinions to this imperialist stance, for and against. Both opinions were ironically based in the same general ideas only with different perspectives on them. Arguments and questions based on morality, economic stability, and God given purposes.

The first reason is the main reason the U.S joined the Spanish-American war is territory and resources. According to a document by Jason Colby, Spain took control of Cuba, the Philippines Islands, and Puerto Rico. The U.S was worried that

In the late nineteenth century, yellow journalism, exaggeration of news in order to sell papers, was coined by Erwin Wardman, editor of the New York Press. The term originated during the American Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century with the circulation battles between Joseph Pulitzer's New York World and William randolph Hearst’s New York Journal. Both papers were accused by critics of sensationalizing the news in order to drive up circulation, although the newspapers did serious reporting as well. In 1898, the United States assisted Cuba in its fight for independence against Spain in order to protect its citizens and businesses in Cuba, and the war became known as the Spanish American War. The United States declared war on Spain after the U.S. warship, the Maine, exploded and sank on February 15, 1898 while visiting Havana, Cuba.

We chose this topic because America took a stand against Spain when they blew up the USS Maine. On February 15, 1898 the USS Maine was in Havana, when it was blown up killing 260 American sailors. America blamed it on Spain, which they controlled Cuba and Puerto Rico, and declared war. We also chose this topic because we wanted to learn more about the war and also to teach other more about it. The Spanish American war is not taught a lot in school because it only lasted three months.

War, an act partaken by almost every major nation and civilization that has ever been around in the world. War has been the fall of many civilizations, the cause of deaths of millions and the destruction of the history of people. There has been one war of particular interest that has changed the face of a civilization permanently, and that was the Spanish war with the Aztecs a war that made what the current country of Mexico. This war was diversely influenced by many things such as race and gender and served as a reminder of political and social decisions that should or should not have been made and shows a surprising similarity to events taken in the United States.

Americans are actively provocative Spanish. Spanish-American War was an example of realism has three reasons. The first reason is Spain was not too friendly. Secondly, The Maine actually exploded from a random combustion of one of the coal furnaces next to a gunpowder magazine. The third reason is that US is fighting hunger,

Opposition to Spanish - American War Following the explosion of the USS Maine in February 15, 1898, while many Americans favored going to war with Spain, some were adamantly against the notion. The few who were against the idea of going to war include President McKinley, a fraction of African Americans, and one significant group, “ The Anti- Imperialism League”. Immediately after the explosion of the USS Maine, President McKinley, who disliked the idea of going to war ordered an investigation of the explosion. Americans claimed that an external force caused the sinking of the ship and the death of 266 crew members while Spain claimed that the sinking was the result of an internal force.

This week, we had a variety of readings discussing the relations between certain Latin American countries and the United States, the Panama Canal, and the explosion of the American battleship Maine. Following the explosion of the battleship Maine, there was an outcry for war, with the declaration of war against Spain being approved by congress on April 22, 1898, a little over a month after the explosion. From reading the various news articles, one thing I find quite interesting is the role yellow journalism played in shaping American public perception of the event. Specifically, two articles, the one about the Maine survivor, and the article from Hearst’s Journal. The article about the Maine survivor outlines the tragedy that occurred and

Although many agree that war is no laughing matter, and that there is no such thing as a just war, there are many reasons on why referring to the Spanish-American War as a “splendid little war” could be considered quite accurate. One reason is that although the war was waged against what was once considered one of the world’s largest empires, with a military that had at one time conquered and subdued a large portion of the new world, there were only around 3,000 American casualties that occurred during the short war, and only 380 of those deaths were from combat. Most of the deaths had occurred from something the Americans couldn’t really defend themselves against, which was disease. In the era in which the war was fought, deadly diseases,

War, an act partaken by almost every major nation and civilization that has ever existed in the world. War has been the fall of many civilizations, been the cause of millions of deaths and brought the destruction of a nation’s history and culture. Of all the many wars that happened in the world, there has been one war of particular interest that has changed the face of a civilization permanently, and that was the Spanish war with the Aztecs, a war that shaped a culture of an entire race and helped create the current country of Mexico. This war was diversely influenced by many things such as race and gender and served as a reminder of political and social decisions that will serve as a reminder of the actions that should be taken and shows a

This war was the first time the United States fought on foreign territory and occupied another nation 's capital. The United Sates only had around 1,700 deaths caused in battle during the war but suffered an additional 11,000 casualties from disease. The financial cost of the war was approximately 75 million dollars. The Mexican government was forced to enact a leva or conscription, which resulted in the deaths of many peasants; there were more than 25,000 military and civilian casualties. Additionally, since the war was fought on Mexican territory, many buildings, roads, and ports were destroyed.3 At port _____________more civilians were killed than soldiers and because the location was a popular port several civilians were from foreign countries.

"... the left has always believed passionately that the Spanish Civil War marked the beginning of the Second World War..." According to historians World War II begin until September 1, 1939. World War II was a battle between the Allied Powers, which was the United States, Great Britain, and USSR. They fought against the Axis Powers, which was Germany, Japan, and Italy. Hitler’s vast expansion during the Spanish Civil War with plans of taking over Austria and Czechoslovakia as well Hitler and his allies violating the Non-Intervention Pact caused tension between nations.