USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

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Who organized the Cuban resistance (while in NY) against Spain by advocating for the destruction of property?

(A) ** Jose Marti

(B) Emilio Aguinaldo

(C) John Hay

(D) Emiliano Zapata

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -In the 1890’s Cubans began to agitate once again for their freedom from Spain. The moral leader of this struggle was José Martí, known as “El Apóstol, ” who established the Cuban Revolutionary Party on January 5, 1892 in the United States.

Concept note-2: -The treaty ceded ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine islands from Spain to the United States and granted the United States temporary control of Cuba.

Concept note-3: -In 1892 he founded the Cuban Revolutionary Party to organize the coming struggle. By early 1895, his preparations were complete. He would set sail with the generals from the last struggle and considerable supplies from Fernandina Beach, Florida.

Concept note-4: -Why did José Martí encourage Cuban rebels to destroy sugar mills and plantations? Martí hoped to provoke the United States into helping Cuba win inde-pendence from Spain. The Cuban political activist José Martí dedicated his life to achiev-ing independence for Cuba.