The Spanish-American war was stemmed from several reasons, the only one which was the nation's sense of mission. Many people in the United States had long had ideas on how to use Cuba, for example, and an expansionist cabal of some influence pressed for war primarily to satisfy geopolitical ambitions (McCartney, 2012). The Spanish-American War was not motivated by imperial appetites. Instead, it was fought for a range of humanitarian, geopolitical and commercial reasons that once the war was won, allowed the United States to take a larger global role at the turn of the century (Schultz, 2013). The war was sparked by Spain's horrible treatment of the Cubans wanting to gain their independence movement. Cuba is one of Spain's last colonial possessions
