A Short Summary: The Cubans Attack

The thing is that the events of the end of XIX century can be taken as rather ambivalent and disputable. Cuba was the part of Spanish Empire, which, though became comparatively weak and was not able to control all its colonies. That is why, the movement for independence was peculiar to them. Moreover, it should also be admitted that the USA also tried to spread its influence in the region, that is why, it tired to interfere in the relations between Spain and Cuba. Having realized that the increase of the power of the USA can lead to the loss of Cuba, the attempt to use military force was made by Spain, however, it did not improve the situation and the Cuban War of Independence started (Skidmore, Smith, and Green 123).

     Cuba had been rebelling against Spanish rule for decades and the United States never intruded. America claimed that the reason for their involvement in 1895 was to assist Cuba against Spanish slaughter, but they hadn’t thought about involving themselves until their trade for sugar with Cuba was cut off. The Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894 placed high taxes on sugar, destructing Cuba’s sugar market and causing the discontinuation of trade with the United States. Cuba had acted as America’s primary sugar market. President Cleveland and successor, McKinley, desired to stay neutral, but the revealing of the Spanish De Lome letter and the sinking of the Maine in 1898 presented no other option.

William McKinley was forced to deal with the Spain-Cuba crisis a problem his predecessor Cleveland could not solve. Spain’s oppressive rule over Cuba led the Cubans to revolt in 1895. Spain responded by launching their Reconcentrado Campaign putting over 300,000 Cubans into camps where the Spanish said they could not help the insurgents. Spain’s aggressive attempts to put down the rebellion angered many Americans, who began to raise money and even join the revolt. McKinley wanted to end the conflict but wanted Spain to act humanely, and that any outcome be acceptable to the Cuban people (Millercenter.org). Throughout 1897, McKinley pressured Spain to come to an agreement. Finally in November of 1897 an agreement seemed possible when Spain granted limited autonomy and closed the

America tried to resolve the issue peacefully, but Spain was not backing down and President William McKinley decided that Cuba was ‘in need of saving.’ “In response to the fear of European intervention, Theodore Roosevelt created a new policy called the Roosevelt Corollary. The Roosevelt Corollary advocated for U.S. intervention in Latin America” (pg. 627). The Roosevelt Corollary quickly became big news, but Latin America was not in support of the idea. “Latin America resented the U.S. and refused to accept its rise to power” (pg. 627).

Many Cubans died in the Spanish General Valeriano Weyler, concentration camps out of malnutrition and diseases. When the American press got this information, the yellow press put General Weyler the nickname of “Butcher” in the many cartoons display, which sold a lot of newspapers on the backs stories about his atrocities. President William McKinley responds carefully with many attempts to buy Cuba, but at the refuse of the European country, he demanded that Spain had to get out of Cuba or war would be declared. Spain knew that face the emerging United State emperor was out of possibilities, but they prefer to fight and withhold his dignity and honor than a shameless surrender. President McKinley sent a war message to Congress mentioning the reasons why U.S.A should face Spain in war.

In the early months of 1898, fundamental events took place in fairly rapid succession that led up to the Spanish American War and in turn the Battle for San Juan Heights. Together, these events solidified U.S. public opinion towards the U.S. involvement in a war to liberate Cuba from Spanish rule. A war some saw as a necessity to end the appalling conditions on an island so close to the American mainland. Some American officials including the U.S. Consul-general in Havana, Fitzhugh Lee, believed that it was only a matter of time before Cuba would be annexed by United States. (The Spanish-American War: American Wars and the Media in Primary Document, W. Joseph Campbell 2005).

On June 26, 1897 President McKinley also convinced Madrid to end the policy of reconcentration and try having programs to help the Cuban people. President McKinley proclaimed that America and Cuba had a special relationship this seemed to be a threat towards Spain and that they should heed Americas request to stop battling Cuba. The killing of Antonio Cánoras del Castillo made it easier for each region to compromise. Because of his death General Valeriano Weyler wanted to help the refuges and to also form a Cuban autonomy. The Queen of Spain Maria Christina came up with this plan during November of 1897 the rebels refused this proposition because they knew that Spain would stay in power and have a strong army. Spain did not give up the idea of being in power and kept fighting a useless war. Many of the Spanish peninsulares hated the idea of autonomy and would do anything in their power to stop the new official Spanish policy.

The Bay of Pigs invasion has come to be known as the perfect failure in American history. The invasion only lasted two days but the effects of the invasion lasted for decades. One of the most significant consequences of the Bay of Pigs was the thirteen day standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States over the installation of nuclear armed Soviet missiles on Cuba a year after the Bay of Pigs. The standoff, known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, is the closest the world has come to nuclear war. The causes and the responsibility for the Cuban Missile Crisis are many. Was the Bay of Pigs just another event in a timeline that was destined for the Cuban Missile Crisis or did the Bay of Pigs cause the Cuban Missile Crisis? A historical analysis of the events leading up to the Bay of Pigs as well as the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs will substantiate the fact that the Bay of Pigs was a substantial critical event causing the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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.

The conflict and wrangles between Cuba and Spain resulted to about 100,000 deaths of Cubans.3 Majority of the Cubans from the suburbs and rural areas were herded by the Spanish in camps where they suffered of starvation and other diseases. Sanitation and insufficient food was the main concern of these people and this resulted to massive casualties. The highlighted injustices, together with other political motivations led to America 's intervention in the year 1898. Subsequently, the Americans were able to overthrow the Spanish rule rendering both Cuba and Philippines as part its colonies.

Around the late 1800s, Spain was having a hard time with preventing Cuban’s from fighting for their independence. The revolts led Spain to send over General Valeriano Weyler, to put a stop to the protests. Consequently, he had anyone suspected of supporting independence, removed from the general population, and sent to concentration camps. Newspaper publishers, William R. Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, gave the word out to the American people, with the use of a little Yellow journalism--journalism based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration, in an attempt to create disgust towards the Spanish government's actions. The American people, with their moral beliefs, and pride in their military might, decided to put into action the long-dormant

During the Cuba missile crisis near every newspaper and radio station would talk about how the end of the world on the brink of destruction. Because of this many people around this time lived in fear and felt the world was going to end. The effects of the Cuba missile crisis didn’t just affect the two nations its effects also had major effects on the people of these nations, the world, and the countries themselves. These effects only truly made the world change when it was too late. The effects that the Cuba missile crisis left on the people of these nations consisted of fear, panic, and enough paranoia to scary the entire world. It also affected the world as other counties would do anything

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The main social impact started between 1868 and 1878. While the Cubans were revolting against Spain. General Valeriano Weyler was sent from Spain to force the peasants to leave their homes and were put in concentration camps. Their crops, and houses were affected as well as their livestock. This uproar caused falsified, exaggerated stories to be made up of the Cubans emotional

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a frightening moment for the entire world. It started October 14th, 1962 after the Soviet Union planted nuclear missiles inn Cuba. The U.S. found out that these missiles were being planted without their knowledge, but the Soviet Union continued the construction of these nuclear missile sites, even after President Kennedy, the president of the U.S., sent out a warning against these weapons in Cuba. Even after this warning, Kennedy once again found out that the construction was still happening. Following the discovery of the ongoing construction, Kennedy wanted to meet with people at the White House to solve the problem that they were encountering. There were multiple sides during their talk about the missiles. Some of the people at the meeting wanted to take a more aggressive approach and destroy these missiles and then follow up with an attack. Kennedy eventually decided to quarantine Cuba. After Kennedy quarantined Cuba, there were many messages sent between the White House and the Kremlin to try and solve the problem. The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted for thirteen extremely tense days. At the end of these thirteen days, the Cuban Missile Crisis ended with an agreement between the United States and Soviet Union. The Cuban Missile Crisis greatly impacted history. It strengthened the bond between the United States and Soviet Union, showed people how to come to a