It was Secretary of State John Hay who called the war with Spain “a splendid little war”. According to an opinion article in the New York Times John Hays said this “It has been a splendid little war, begun with the highest motives, carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit, favored by that fortune which loves the brave”. The war lasted less than 100 days, but it consisted of a few different battles. The Spanish-American war signaled the rise of the U.S. being a superpower. As far as industrialization and economy the U.S. was already a superpower, what the war did was show the rest of the world that the U.S. was moving from isolationism to imperialism.
The Teller Amendment of 1898 made it seem like the U.S. reasons for engaging in
The Teller Amendment of 1898 made it seem like the U.S. reasons for engaging in