Spanish American War Research Paper

241 Words1 Page

The Spanish-American war was fought for humanitarian, geopolitical, and Commercial reasons. that prompted the United States to take a larger Global role once the war was won. many Americans begin to wonder if the United States should have become an imperial power. The American people were assured by McKinley the aim of the war was to protect the sovereignty of the Cuban people. Not to create an empire. Once the war was over it was clear Cuba and the Philippines were not independent. So some political leaders pushed for the annexation of the Philippines by declaring Phillip Ninos were too weak to govern themselves. These leaders included McKinley, Roosevelt, and Hay. Democrats and populist said that an accusation violated Americans anti-imperialist

Open Document