AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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Spain wanted Cuba to give it more pounds of sugar each year.
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Cuba put José Martí in power, which displeased Spanish rulers.
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Spain abolished slavery in Cuba, which threatened Cuba’s sugar industry.
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Cuba demanded the establishment of a republic after years of Spanish rule.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Following the liberation from Spain of mainland Latin America, Cuba was the first to initiate its own struggle for independence. During the years from 1868-1878, Cubans personified by guerrilla fighters known as mambises fought for autonomy from Spain.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1895 the Cuban patriot and revolutionary, José Martí, resumed the Cuban struggle for freedom that had failed during the Ten Years’ War (1868-1878). Cuban juntas provided leadership and funds for the military operations conducted in Cuba.
Detailed explanation-4: -It began after the 1952 Cuban coup d’état which placed Fulgencio Batista as head of state and the failed mass strike in opposition that followed. After failing to contest Batista in court, Fidel Castro organized an armed attack on the Cuban military’s Moncada Barracks.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1894 Spain canceled a trade pact between Cuba and the United States. The imposition of more taxes and trade restrictions prodded the economically distressed Cubans in 1895 to launch the Cuban War of Independence, a resumption of the earlier struggle.