(A) Panama canal
(B) ** get their independence from Spain
(C) fight
(D) have yellow journalism
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -In order to prevent the possibility of US annexation of Cuba, Congress passed the Teller Amendment, which proclaimed that the United States would help the Cuban people gain their freedom from Spain but would not annex the island after victory.
Concept note-2: -United States U.S. interest in purchasing Cuba had begun long before 1898. Following the Ten Years War, American sugar interests bought up large tracts of land in Cuba. Alterations in the U.S. sugar tariff favoring home-grown beet sugar helped foment the rekindling of revolutionary fervor in 1895.
Concept note-3: -The United States had millions of dollars invested in businesses in Cuba and there were many U.S. citizens in residence there. The U.S. also traded goods with Cuba. In 1898, the United States assisted in war to protect its citizens and businesses in Cuba.
Concept note-4: -Between 1895 and 1898 Cuba and the Philippine Islands revolted against Spain. The Cubans gained independence, but the Filipinos did not. In both instances the intervention of the United States was the culminating event.
Concept note-5: -Manifest Destiny – US in Cuba The American Revolution was in 1776. It was the same year that Spain opened Cuba’s ports to trade with North America. It is a habit of the US to want to acquire any country that can secure profit and thus from 1820 US Presidents have been eyeing to take over Cuba.