The Spanish-American War The Spanish-American War had a good many causes. The stated U.S. cause for war with Spain was the Cuban struggle for independence, American Imperialism was also another factor and the sinking of the Maine was a big factor as well.The war grew out the Cuban struggle for indep...

The Spanish-American War was a relatively short war, it lasted less than four months. Aggressions took place between April 25 and August 12, 1898. The United States fought Spain in and around the Spanish colonial possessions of Cuba and the Philippines. The United States had deep historical and emot...

The Spanish-American War was a relatively short war, it lasted less than four months. Aggressions took place between April 25 and August 12, 1898. The United States fought Spain in and around the Spanish colonial possessions of Cuba and the Philippines. The United States had deep historical and emot...

The Spanish-American War- 1898 The event and country under scrutiny is the United States of America and the 1898 Spanish American War. The concepts relevant to the Event and country chosen are Militarism, Imperialism and traditional diplomacy/war. To explain, Militarism is the desire to use th...

THESIS : " The United States didn't want to get involved in the Spanish-American War, but was draggedinto it due to yellow journalism, they wanted to control the seas, and wanted complete control over Cuba."The Spanish-American War -"The Splendid Little War"Pia DeAngelisMr. FishmanPeriod 7For 113 da...

The Spanish American WarThe Spanish American War of 1898 was a turning point for United States foreign policy because it established us as a world power by becoming a Imperialistic nation. Although the United States had been debating about Imperialism for a period of time and had many rationales f...

THESIS : " The United States didn't want to get involved in the Spanish-American War, but was draggedinto it due to yellow journalism, they wanted to control the seas, and wanted complete control over Cuba."The Spanish-American War -"The Splendid Little War"Pia DeAngelisMr. FishmanPeriod 7For 113 da...

Under the Red Cross, or; The Spanish American War (as seen by a Red Cross surgeon) I selected my book because I have the original publishing of the book and I have always wanted to read it. Although I thoroughly enjoy history, I have never been very familiar with the Spanish American War...

Imperialism and Its Motives Imperialism began to grow just before the turn of the twentieth century. During this time America's businesses were growing and need more markets. The United States was becoming a world power, and with that some people felt there came obligations. The Un...

"Our trade has suffered, the capital invested by our citizens in Cuba has been largely lost, and the temper and forbearance of our people have been so sorely tried as to beget a perilous unrest among our own citizens, which has inevitably found its expression from time to time in the National Legisl...

I give this book a six out of ten because even though it leaves important parts of what happened out. It tells enough information for children to get the general idea of what happened with Columbus and his trip to what he thought to be India. The book generally starts out telling his life story. It ...

The Dominican Republic is unique from all other Latin American nations in part, because its heritage relates to Haitian cultural traditions rather than solely Spanish ones, much like the rest of Latin America (Brown & Standish, 1999). In fact, the Dominican Republic received its independence from Ha...

What distinguished the final War of Independence (1895-1898) from the earlier Ten Years' War (1868-1878) and the short-lived Guerra Chiquita (1879-1880) was the war's success throughout the majority of the island, the final ousting of the Spanish through the American intervention, the espousal of an...

Hispanic people have always played an important part in history of the United States. As early as the 1500's, Spanish explorers and colonists settled on the Caribbean islands that are today known as Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. In 1898, the ...

"Azucar" or sugar in English, is a Spanish metaphor which means that you should live a sweet way your life. Usually this is said when people is complaining or overworking, or even if you are happy at a party or dancing, people will say Azucar as a way to remind you that life is beautiful and you sho...

From Slavery to Free Labor During the early to mid nineteenth century slave economies were highly present in the Spanish Antilles. Slave labor was highly concentrated on sugar plantations. Since free labor was limited, plantation owners were highly dependent on slave labor, for increase producti...

The Amistad Conflict In January 1839, fifty-three African natives were kidnapped from eastern Africa and sold into the Spanish slave trade. They were then placed aboard a Spanish slave ship bound for Havana, Cuba. Once in Havana, the Africans were classified as native Cuban slaves and purchased...

Violence In Selected writings, Marti wants to use violence to gain independence from Spaniards in Cuba. On the other hand, in the wretched of the Earth, Fanon sees violence as a mean whether for colonization or decolonization. Marti emphasizes that using violence to get rid of Spanish colonizat...

As we learn in "From Columbus to Castro," the U.S. chose to impose its Manifest Destiny on the nations of Northern Europe that had colonies in the Caribbean. Both French and British government officials had something to say about this, and one important example can be found on pp.416, Lord Salisb...

Jaclyn ParkerAmistad book reviewTopics in U.S. History 1Prof. DavidsonMarch 25, 1998The novel Amistad is one that discusses a group of slaves that were originally transported from Africa by Spanish traders employed by Queen Isabella II. These traders, however, claimed that these slaves came from Ha...

Latin American History November 20, 2000 Throughout history and during alternating time periods, countries have grown from feeble entities, defeated by or ruled by the governing structures of foreign nations, to powerful nations. Between the fifteenth and the sixteenth century, ...

Powerful America American historians agree that for many decades, there has been a tendency among Americans to find new places and resources so that American individuals can be able to progress in life. Since the beginning of America as a nation, Americans have explored new lands and terri...

The RumbaThe Rumba is a word used for a group of related musical and dance styles authentic to Cuba. It is also a genre for singing and dancing, born of an Afro-Spanish tendency, with a distinctive African mark. Its origins can be found in poor urban sites with a highly concentrated population of Af...

Cuba: The Plight of a Nation and its Revolution While the isle of Cuba was initially discovered on October 27, 1492 during one of Columbus\' first voyages, it wasn\'t actually claimed by Spain until the sixteenth century. However, it\'s tumultuous beginnings as a Spanish sugar colony provides an...

All forms of Afro-Caribbean dance have their roots in Africa. In the 15th to 18th century when slaves were being brought over to America from Africa, they were mostly gathered from the western coast of North Senegal and South Angola. The reason for most of them coming from this region is because th...