Impact Of The Spanish American War

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used to be a colony. But the politicians, and the business owners did not give up their domination dreams and silently awaited an opportunity. That opportunity finally came when Spain sent troops to Cuba to stop the second Cuban war for independence. The American people sympathized the Cuban effort for independence, but at the same time owners were concerned about their Cuban properties being destroyed. The newspapers quickly seized the opportunity and inflamed the public opinion.
When the U.S.S. Maine mysteriously exploded near Havana, the uproar of the masses so great that the US was forced to declare war on Spain.
In early 1898 stories out of Cuba smoked with excitement. On president McKinley's desk lay a newspaper with the head line: 300 CUBAN WOMEN BUTCHERED!!!(The story of the Spanish American war, pg.3)

When reports from Cuba became more frenzied, Roosevelt and thousands of other warlike Americans called for a fight. It seemed un-American to them to stand by when reports ...

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that they would discover that the Maine had been destroyed by an accident.

Heart's Journal saw no reason to wait for the report of a commission. The newspapers said it would be smile to deferment of our best athletes. Such men as the world's heavyweight boxing. 'Fighting Bob' fritzsimmons, boxer James J. Corbett, expert baseball player 'Cap' Anson, champion hammer thrower Jim Mitchell, and many others of championship caliber would overawe any Spanish regiment. They would scorn Spanish bullets." The paper went on to suggest that six hundred Sioux Indians be sent to scalp Spaniards in Cuba. The New York World was equally rabbit. It printed: "Thirty thousand Indian fighters under ...

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