(A) ** Many Americans opposed Spain’s tactics and expressed support for Cuban independence.
(B) Most Americans felt no sympathy for Marti’s efforts to win independence but were outraged by the Spanish destruction of American property in Cuba.
(C) Most Americans felt Spain’s reaction was reasonable and hoped the rebellion would be put down quickly.
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Concept note-1: -Most Americans felt no sympathy for Marti’s efforts to win independence but were outraged by the Spanish destruction of American property in Cuba. Many Americans opposed Spanish tactics and hoped that France would take control of Cuba.
Concept note-2: -After his death, Marti became a martyr of the revolution and remains a hero to the Cuban people. Spain responded to the Cuban insurgency by sending 100, 000 soldiers to Cuba in 1895. After the United States government was drawn into the conflict in 1898, the end of Spanish rule became a reality.
Concept note-3: -American newspapers fanned the flames of interest in the war by fabricating atrocities which justified intervention in a number of Spanish colonies worldwide. Several forces within the United States were pushing for a war with Spain.
Concept note-4: -The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States and Spain that effectively ended Spain’s role as a colonial power in the New World. The United States emerged from the war as a world power with significant territorial claims stretching from the Caribbean to Southeast Asia.
Concept note-5: -He insisted that the next war should be short (to avoid U.S. intervention) and fought with a “republican method and spirit” (to forestall the possibility of a military dictatorship.) In 1892 he founded the Cuban Revolutionary Party to organize the coming struggle.