(A) believed their Cuban investments would suffer if Spain continued to punish Cuba.
(B) ** viewed Cuba’s struggle against Spain as a version of the American Revolution.
(C) were astounded by the way mass media sources portrayed Spain’s treatment of Cubans.
(D) wanted to get revenge on Spain for the country’s refusal to cooperate in foreign policy negotiations.
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Concept note-1: -The long-held U.S. interest in ridding the Western Hemisphere of European colonial powers and American public outrage over brutal Spanish tactics created much sympathy for the Cuban revolutionaries.
Concept note-2: -Yellow Journalism Reports of the Cuban Revolution reached Americans through newspapers. Two fiercely competitive newspapers, the New York Journal and the New York World, generated much of the American support for the rebels through their creatively dramatized stories of Spanish atrocities.
Concept note-3: -Why did many Americans favor Cubans in their struggle for independence from the Spanish? Many Americans favored the cubans, whose struggle for freedom and democracy reminded Americans of their own revolutionary heritage.
Concept note-4: -The Cuban movement for independence from Spain in 1895 garnered considerable American support. When the USS Maine sank, the United States believed the tragedy was the result of Spanish sabotage and declared war on Spain.