Essays on Spanish-American War

After the conclusion of the American Civil War (1861-1865), the United States forces returned to front line duties such as engaging in brutal combat with Native American tribes and controlling domestic disorders. The next significant war took place in 1898 when the federal government endorsed military aid for the Cuban revolutions being waged against the Spanish Empire. It was during what would later be known as the Spanish-American War that the weaknesses of the United States Army and Navy became evident. Apparently, rather than building a strong force after their Civil War, the US units either demobilized or only ...

Some of the long-term factors that encouraged the US to involve in foreign affairs during the late nineteenth century are geographic isolation of the country from Europe and Asia, diversities of ethnicities in the US due to greater migration, industrial and mercantile interests of US, European conditions in the 19th century and many others (Tucker 302). Other factors that influenced the US to engage in foreign affairs include indifferences to foreign relations during the late nineteenth century, such as abolition of the State Department, moral superiority of the US towards Europe, emergence of the US as the superpower of ...

In April 1898, the United States of America declared war on Spain. It lasted less than four months but resulted in the American victory and the completely new vision of the American position in the world. The 1898 Treaty of Paris brought Americans Puerto Rico, Philippines, Guam, the control over Cuba, and the expansion of U.S. power in both Americas. However, the official justifications for the beginning of the war seem to be contradictory with the main principles of the American foreign policies. This paper aims to discuss events preceding Spanish-American war. How did the United States justify its ...

American nationalistic Founders sought to describe and define national good that transcended prejudices and local interest. This national good would encompass merits of self-defense and wealth that were to be realized by the active participation of all Americans in a large commercial nation that could be able to defend itself in an ever changing and unpredictable world. It was only by the use of the constitutional rule of law that national interest and America’s higher purpose would be attained. This higher purpose would involve demonstrating to mankind that self-governance was feasible, and sustainable justice would be the ground ...

Henry David Thoreau and Dr. Martin Luther King are two people who helped to change America for the better with their actions and their words. Henry David Thoreau, in both is writing and in his social practice, developed a new form for citizenship and civic action called Civil Disobedience. He developed Civil Disobedience in response to his government’s support of slavery, but also its support for the Mexican-American War. Over the years, many great leaders of important social movements, both within and without America, have been inspired by the example of the life and social practice Henry David ...

Spanish colonization in the Americas ended with the defeat of Spain in the Spanish-American War (1898). After sensationalist newspapers publicized the horrendous methods Spain used to stop the struggle for independence in Cuba, the American public felt sympathetic and public opinion inclined towards American intervention (“Grover Cleveland: American Interests In The Cuban Revolution”). The United States public sympathized with the Cuban rebels. The Treaty of Paris was signed Dec. 10, 1898, and Spain relinquished its hold on Cuba. US’s involvement in global affairs heightened during the cold war. The cold war was a period of rivalry between the ...