What Are The Causes Of The Spanish American War

The Spanish American War was caused by many occasions. America strongly supported Cuba and disputed Spain’s actions. The main causes of The Spanish American war was the yellow journalism, the blowing up of “The maine”, and the de lome letter. This essay will be discussing the causes and effects of the Spanish American War.

The United States went to war with Spain in 1898 for three different reasons: social, economic, and political. These causes were stimulated by commercialism and nationalism. Based on these interpretations it is clear that the desire to be a world wide power, and advance commerical interest were primary factors that led to the declaration of war on Spain.

The Spanish American war started in 1898 and was a fight for Cuba’s independence which resulted in 379 American casualties in combat. The Spanish American War was justified because of the Monroe Doctrine, Correspondence between the United States and Spain, and the Platt Amendment, which were all created to protect American morals and freedom.

War of 1812 and industrialization- The british blockade forced the united states to develop its own industries

“War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed; peace is preferable to war in almost every contingency.” (War Message 1898) Those are the words of President McKinley in his inaugural address, on March 4th, 1897. McKinley wasn’t a man of war and certainly didn’t share the same views as Teddy Roosevelt did; even though he was the one who declared war against Cuba, he was led to that decision from the immense pressure from every corner of the U.S. Kagan believes that the Spanish American War took place because American egos were hitting the stratosphere and therefore believed that the U.S were better than most countries and should go and fix less developed ones. Another view Kagan had was that the primary reason for

The Spanish American War started in 1898 and lasted about four months. Although the war might have seemed focused on freeing Cuba from Spain and gaining independence for Cuba and the Philippines, it was actually stimulated by nationalism and commercialism. Commercialism was a major factor when declaring war because the United States depended on Cuba and the Philippines for trade and business with other countries, especially in Asia and Latin America. Another major factor for the war was that the United States wanted to spread its Anglo-Saxon culture around the world and emerge as a world-wide power. Other minor motives for the war include the United States coming to the aid of the Cubans in their revolt against Spain and the feeling that

In 1895 Cuba rebelled against Spain to declare their independence. Americans were outraged with the Spanish after they had killed off a quarter of the Cuban population. Newspapers flooded with propaganda and pressure for the U.S. to intervene and help the Cuban revolution. Americans felt that it was there duty to help Cuba and freeing them from Spain’s control. Not only did they feel it was the humanitarian thing to do but the Cuban rebellion also damaged American business in Cuba.

There were many causes for the Spanish American War. The first long term cause was the Wilson Gordon Tariff. This tariff ultimately decreased tariff rates for may Europeans nations excluding the commonwealth of Spain. This ultimately angered the Spanish and weakened international relationship between the United States and Spain. This tariff also instilled an anti-American feeling in Spain. This would lay down the groundwork for the next cause the “Delome Letter”

After that Congress declare war to Spain. For the Americans, USA went to war to help the Cuba people and make the American rest assure in mind peace and to end economic instability. However, the real reason was to gain territory in Cuba and the Caribbean

Another reason I think caused the war is the US wanted Cuba and the Philippines and Spain controlled. The Americans wanted but Spain didn’t want America to have them. A third reason is the US needed Cuba so nobody could sneak attack them. I think this cause was fear because they didn’t want Spain or anybody else to attack them. The conflict between the United States and Spain over the Spanish American war was caused by Jealousy, fear and, most importantly, miscommunication.

The sinking of the Maine caused the u.s to go to war against Spain because Spain blew up the Maine and killed 258 u.s men and after that happened the u.s blamed Spain right when it blew up but after a month the boat's captain said it was not Spain and it was a accident from the hot coals going onto the ammunition and making it explode and sinking the Maine and another reason the u.s thought it was Spain was because it was on Spanish territory and that is what caused the u.s and the Spanish to go to war

The Mexican-American war, also known as the Mexican war happened between 1846 and 1848 with the participants being United States of America and Mexico. Texas, previously a Mexican state, was the primary cause of the war. A series of disagreements had occurred between Texans and the Mexican government leading to Texas declaration of its independence in 1836. Later, Texas decided to join the United States as the 28th state and this infuriated Mexico. Additionally, border disagreements came up with Mexico claiming the border was at Nueces River while Texas claimed it was at Rio Grande River. James K. Polk, the president, sent his army to protect the border which ended up in shooting between Mexican and American troops. It is after this that

Part 1: During the 1930s, Spain was undergoing a lot of social, political, and economic turmoil that eventually launched it into civil war. While Spain was once one of the strongest powers in Europe, its strength had been declining in the decades before the war, as its people and government became more and more divided. In 1923, Spain underwent a military coup and General Primo de Rivera overtook the government. This was one of the major causes of the war since Rivera failed to unite the entire country under his rule and it was left greatly divided. Another factor was the economic strain faced during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Unemployment was rising and Rivera was unable to fix Spain’s economy and was forced to resign. His resignation further weakened the government’s control over the country, at a time when the people were already struggling with the economy.

The Political Cause for the Spanish Civil War is the weakness of the monarchy and the power of the military. The monarchy was ruled by the wealthy oligarchs and elections were rigged, the people had no real power. The army was also independent of the government and often took control of the government when it disagreed with the political situation. The majority of the population did not agree with the army and disliked the army due to its violent tendencies.

. In 1937, following his visit to the Spanish Civil War, W. H Auden wrote a poem entitled Spain 1937 which sought to address both the causes and the history of the Spanish war as well as what might become of its future. The poem was widely celebrated and prompted a response from George Orwell in the essay Inside the Whale. Orwell had also served in Spain and detailed his experiences in the book Homage to Catalonia in which he described the ill ordered state of things in the war. While Orwell considered Auden’s work ‘one of the few decent things’ to be written about the war, he nevertheless objected strongly to Auden’s use of the phrase ‘necessary murder’ in the lines: