Question

How was the Spanish – American war different from earlier U.S wars?

Answer 1

Hint:
-The USA defeated Spanish troops in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. The -U.S. annexed the Philippines later and became an imperial power.
- Cuba was one of the oldest settlements in the Americas in Spain. The plantations of sugarcane produced significant resources for Spain and almost one third in the midst of the 1800s produced sugar worldwide.

Complete answer:
Spanish – American war -
-The War between Spain and America was an armed conflict in 1898. Hostility started with the USS Maine's domestic explosion at Havana Harbor in Cuba, and the Cuban War of Independence was a U.S. intervention.
-The war led to U.S. development and acquisition of Spanish Pacific possessions predominantly in the Caribbean region. This led to U.S. participation in the Philippines and later in the Philippine uprising.

Spanish – American War's Origin -
Cuban autonomy was the main issue. Revolts against the Spanish colonial rule had taken place in Cuba for some years. After the Spanish-American War, the U.S. supported these revolts.

Spanish-American War Impact -
i) A major turning point in the history of these two antagonists was the Spanish-American War. Spain's failure turned the nation's attention away and inserted itself into its domestic needs from its overseas colonial adventures, and led to a cultural and literary renaissance, and to a necessary economic development in Spain two decades later.

ii) On the other hand the victorious United States emerged from the war as a global power with far-reaching possessions abroad and a new influence in international policy, that soon led it to play an important role in European and international affairs.

Spanish – American war different from earlier U.S wars –
-The Spanish-American War is America's first imperial war. It meant that the United States would lose its isolationist traditions and begin to be an empire.
-Former wars against Mexico were about their independence, slavery or extension



Note: In Cuba, the victory over Spain in the Spanish-American War led to a rebellion that gave the US the power over Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. The monarchy has been overthrown by a group of rich American sugar planters and by Sanford Dole.