The Spanish-American war started because Spain was not treating the Cuban's right and fair. So the cuban people tried to get cuba's independence. The United states called war on Spain after they found out what was going on and how the Spanish were not treating everyone the way they all should have been treated.
The United States did not try to be part of the Spanish-American War, but they were dragged in it. They wanted full control over Cuba and also wanted control of the seas. The Spanish-American War is also know as "The Splendid Little war". Spain had territory in the United States. They mostly owned islands off the coast of Central America. The important places are Puerto Rico and Cuba. The United States believed that the Spanish misgoverned and abused the people on these islands. Spain overtaxed and mistreated the cubans, who rebelled in 1868 and 1895. The American people felt sympathy for the Cuba independence movement. If the Cubans never got their independence from Spain they would probably not be in a very good shape but then again they would have never wanted to fight for their independence if they lost the first time they fought for it. I am glad that Cuba got their independence from Spain because our country wouldn't be the same as it is right now if the war didn't happen.
The United States did not try to be part of the Spanish-American War, but they were dragged in it. They wanted full control over Cuba and also wanted control of the seas. The Spanish-American War is also know as "The Splendid Little war". Spain had territory in the United States. They mostly owned islands off the coast of Central America. The important places are Puerto Rico and Cuba. The United States believed that the Spanish misgoverned and abused the people on these islands. Spain overtaxed and mistreated the cubans, who rebelled in 1868 and 1895. The American people felt sympathy for the Cuba independence movement. If the Cubans never got their independence from Spain they would probably not be in a very good shape but then again they would have never wanted to fight for their independence if they lost the first time they fought for it. I am glad that Cuba got their independence from Spain because our country wouldn't be the same as it is right now if the war didn't happen.