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What Are The Causes Of The Spanish American War

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A) During Cuban Revolt, Spain sent autocratic General Valeriano Weyler to crush the revolt. Weyler forced civilians into Reconstruction camps and gained him the title of “The Butcher”. As a result, “Yellow Journalism” by William R. hearst and Joseph Pulitzer helped fuel desire for the Spanish American War; in which these stories did not exist, they were just invented; biased, and by 1898, Mckinley sent his war message to Congress, urging armed intervention to free the oppressed Cubans.
B) Many Americans believed that the United States had to expand or explore; such as annexation of Hawaii, in which the residents of Hawaii were granted U.S. citizenship and received full territorial status in 1900. John Hay’s Open Door Policy urged great powers
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