Why Did The United States Invade Cuba?
The Spanish–American War was a conflict fought between Spain and the United States that started in April and ended in August (1898). There are many interpretations of what caused the U.S. to invade Cuba to fight the Spanish-American war. The three main reasons though, were the sinking of the maine, yellow journalism, and imperialism. Because of yellow journalism over the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine it caused the U.S. to act out in anger and sought revenge. The U.S. also wanted to help Cuba because they felt bad and thought they owed it to Cuba, plus the U.S. wanted to earn more territory and this was the perfect way.
After the Maine blew up many people joined the army, because they were devastated and wanted revenge. In the song “Awake U.S.” it says; “A wreck she lies, her sailors slain by two faced butchers paid by spain.” (awake u.s.) It was obvious that whomever wrote this was upset about the Maine blowing up and pointed their fingers at Spain. Lets just say that the Maine explosion definitely set the U.S. off. …show more content…
It was clear that people were just blaming the U.S. to have a reason to go to war. The more people who pin the explosion on Spain, the more it causes conflict.
“...Maine was destroyed by a mine and 258 men were killed on purpose by the Spanish.” (New York Journal). This was written a day after the Maine exploded, there are many more documents that have a lot of yellow journalism over this event and it shows why/how it urged the
The Spanish–American War was a conflict fought between Spain and the United States that started in April and ended in August (1898). There are many interpretations of what caused the U.S. to invade Cuba to fight the Spanish-American war. The three main reasons though, were the sinking of the maine, yellow journalism, and imperialism. Because of yellow journalism over the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine it caused the U.S. to act out in anger and sought revenge. The U.S. also wanted to help Cuba because they felt bad and thought they owed it to Cuba, plus the U.S. wanted to earn more territory and this was the perfect way.
After the Maine blew up many people joined the army, because they were devastated and wanted revenge. In the song “Awake U.S.” it says; “A wreck she lies, her sailors slain by two faced butchers paid by spain.” (awake u.s.) It was obvious that whomever wrote this was upset about the Maine blowing up and pointed their fingers at Spain. Lets just say that the Maine explosion definitely set the U.S. off. …show more content…
It was clear that people were just blaming the U.S. to have a reason to go to war. The more people who pin the explosion on Spain, the more it causes conflict.
“...Maine was destroyed by a mine and 258 men were killed on purpose by the Spanish.” (New York Journal). This was written a day after the Maine exploded, there are many more documents that have a lot of yellow journalism over this event and it shows why/how it urged the