Though the war only lasted from April 1898- August 1898, it was a significant event for the United States. The Spanish-American War was won by United States which proving to the world that it could and will fight against foreign nations, but mainly those who interferes with the western hemisphere, just like Spain has done.In those times power was the most significant thing that you can have before the war Germany,Great Britain, France, and Spain were the most powerful countries but later on United States gained the global power and was the most powerful country. “After the war, Spain became a relatively weak and unimportant country, and the United States was considered the dominant power in the Western hemisphere”(The Spanish-American War).
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This trade lead both of them to generate great amount of wealth that helped out their economy. For example, “The United States naturally sympathized with the Cuban people as they began to break away from Spain in the nineteenth century”(The Spanish-American War). United States saw that Cuba was selling of their merchandise to Spain and was really helping out Spain to become the most powerful country. In addition, with that occurring United States tried to interfere and trade with Cuba.Though the United States did not fully fight with Spain, United States didn 't do much to prevent Cuban patriot from entering the United States. The United States citizens would try to raise money so they could buy guns, and boats so they can go back to Cuba and fight for their independence. “Unfortunately, none of the expeditions was successful, most of the Americans who went to fight for Cuban independence were captured, and were hanged by the Spanish”(The Spanish American War).United States really wanted for Cuba to become an independent country so they wouldn 't have to trade their merchandise to Spain. United States really wanted to help them which Spain got really mad and wanted war against United States.Besides capturing the Americans and hanging them …show more content…
The U.S Army was really small to fight against Germany, because we only had approximately 25,000 soldiers, and scattered throughout the country. The United States was trying to gather more people to join in and fight, otherwise the United States would have lost this war and suffer. For example, “they lacked in military strength” “The United States Army was understaffed, under equipped, and undertrained”(U.S History).Unites States main principle for the War was to prepare them and also train them so they can be prepared for anything during the war. In addition, they sort of have an idea of how trained the spanish army was so they were trying to get even or even beat them.Besides getting prepared for the war by getting trained, they also prepared themselves in protection which falls in the category of weapons. They started teaching them how to use the weapons that they were going to use.As timed pass, people were understanding to use the weapons. For example the citizens had to know how to use, “Rifles, Revolvers, Shotguns, Machine Guns, Melee, and lastly Cannons” (Wikipedia).Even though the war lasted for couple of months, they trained harshly because they didn 't know how long it would take to be done. They had an amount of time to be taught to use good at least one weapon or depending on which weapon they would
This trade lead both of them to generate great amount of wealth that helped out their economy. For example, “The United States naturally sympathized with the Cuban people as they began to break away from Spain in the nineteenth century”(The Spanish-American War). United States saw that Cuba was selling of their merchandise to Spain and was really helping out Spain to become the most powerful country. In addition, with that occurring United States tried to interfere and trade with Cuba.Though the United States did not fully fight with Spain, United States didn 't do much to prevent Cuban patriot from entering the United States. The United States citizens would try to raise money so they could buy guns, and boats so they can go back to Cuba and fight for their independence. “Unfortunately, none of the expeditions was successful, most of the Americans who went to fight for Cuban independence were captured, and were hanged by the Spanish”(The Spanish American War).United States really wanted for Cuba to become an independent country so they wouldn 't have to trade their merchandise to Spain. United States really wanted to help them which Spain got really mad and wanted war against United States.Besides capturing the Americans and hanging them …show more content…
The U.S Army was really small to fight against Germany, because we only had approximately 25,000 soldiers, and scattered throughout the country. The United States was trying to gather more people to join in and fight, otherwise the United States would have lost this war and suffer. For example, “they lacked in military strength” “The United States Army was understaffed, under equipped, and undertrained”(U.S History).Unites States main principle for the War was to prepare them and also train them so they can be prepared for anything during the war. In addition, they sort of have an idea of how trained the spanish army was so they were trying to get even or even beat them.Besides getting prepared for the war by getting trained, they also prepared themselves in protection which falls in the category of weapons. They started teaching them how to use the weapons that they were going to use.As timed pass, people were understanding to use the weapons. For example the citizens had to know how to use, “Rifles, Revolvers, Shotguns, Machine Guns, Melee, and lastly Cannons” (Wikipedia).Even though the war lasted for couple of months, they trained harshly because they didn 't know how long it would take to be done. They had an amount of time to be taught to use good at least one weapon or depending on which weapon they would