cubans revolved against spain and began uprising
general cause pt2:
let's get them
because of American" yellow journalism" where publishers print false accounts of Spain atrocities against Cuba, the American people wanted to invite Cuba
immediate clause
after,the war, the U.S was not struggle free. the philippines, whichthe U.S had inheritedfom the paris treaty of 1898, was the birthplace of a rebellion which the U.S. responded to brutally, only to grant the filipino poeple their freedom years later.
In February 1898 the U.S.S Maine docked in Havana Cuba and exploded killing 260 people
x 260
the war itself:
leave Cuba! leave then their independence
NO
u.s president Mckinley demanded Spain to leave Cuba and give Cuba complete independence.
the results:
without the treaty of paris of 1898 , none of this would've hapened and the war would've continued on!
The U.S benefited greatly. They ended the spanish empire, became a colonail and asian power, increased anti-catholic feelings,and even improved their relationship with britian.