AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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Tobacco and Sugar
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grass and wheat
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Oranges and Sugar
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carrots and strawberries
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Detailed explanation-1: -The top three U.S. exports by value in December were Chicken and other poultry, (2) Soybeans, and (3) Returned exports, with change. The top three U.S. imports from Cuba, also by value, were Original sculptures and statues, (2) Copy paper, including carbon paper, etc., and (3) Malt.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cuba’s main imports are machinery, food and fuel products, while its major exports are refined fuels, sugar, tobacco, nickel and pharmaceuticals.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Trade and political relations improved during the late 1800s. By the 1880s the US consumed most of Cuba’s exported sugar, tobacco, cacao, coffee, tropical fruits, and nuts; US exports in return were cereals, meats, manufactured goods, condensed milk, vegetable oils, cheese, and fuel as documented by Wakefield (1937).