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Spanish American Imperialism In Cuba Essay

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The United States has inflicted imperialism on the island of Cuba. This happened on April 25, 1898 after the U.S declared war on Spain for sinking the Battleship Maine in Havana Harbour on February 15, 1898. But before then The United States owned massive amounts of businesses in Cuba. Such as, Cuban sugar, tobacco, and iron industries. There was a very tight bond between the U.S and Cuba. This was all happening when Cuba was under Spanish rule however. Things ended up escalating where newspapers started exaggerating details of what was going on in Cuba. Spain was angry and because of this they sunk the U.S’ Battleship Maine. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. When Spain lost its control over the remaining parts of Cuba because of this the United States took over all resources belonging to Cuba.

Causes of the Spanish-American war and U.S imperialism include many Cubans died because of the war. Also, Cubans were forced to work in slave like conditions and very inhumane. But, to all this horror Cubans we able to live how they wanted to and were free to some extend. Nonetheless, this was from the Cubans point of view. However, the U.S’ perspective was quite different such as, U.S wanted more Cuban sugar, tobacco, and iron industries and they also wanted to gain more control to establish their properties. To …show more content…

We stand for this because number one the United States helped Cuba become free from Spanish rule. Nonetheless, if the United States hadn’t done this Cuba probably would still be own by the Spain or another country. The U.S also had a right to imperialize Cuba because Cuba owed the U.S. The U.S needed resources such as Cuban sugar, tobacco, and iron industries so they could establish and build properties for the U.S. and establish order. Also by imperializing Cuba the U.S. gained a Navy base in Cuba called Guantánamo Bay but this was in order to protect Cuba from the

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