The Spanish-American War was a brief, yet intense conflict between Spain and America that lasted from April of 1898 until July of 1898. ... Although the majority of Americans, including President Mckinley wished to avert war and hoped to settle the conflict of Cuba by peaceful means, a series of incidents early in 1898 intensified U.S. feelings against Spain. ... For many years preceding the Spanish-American war Cuban insurgents had been fighting for their independence from Spain. ... In addition to exaggerating the news that they printed, yellow journalism also caused the onset of the Spani...

• Word Count: 504
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Spanish American War is considered one of the biggest turning points in United States foreign policy. Prior to the Spanish American war, the United States had kept to them and did not have a structure for dealing with foreign countries. ... That is why the Spanish American War is one of the most important times for American Foreign policy. The Spanish–American War took place in 1898 between Spain and the United States, this resulted in America's intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. ... The American people compared similarities between the American Revolution and the C...

• Word Count: 561
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The navy the Americans would come to build would pay dividends within the next decade of the Spanish-American war. ... Americans became war-mad and war-hungry, wanting to rid the Western Hemisphere of those "dirty dagoes." ... As Spain sent their broken navy to Cuba, disillusioned Americans began to fear for their coastline, but the Spanish armada made it only to the Cuban harbor of Santiago. ... On August 12, 1898, American delegates and Spanish delegates signed an armistice in Paris, which showed the newly flexed muscle of America. ... The Spanish American War was a huge step in the Ame...

• Word Count: 1378
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Prior to World War I Americans wanted to be a model society for a number of the countries that were thought to be "barbarous" and "backwards." ... The "Splendid Little War" that took place between Spain and America, did not originally have an imperialistic intent (Doc E), but as the battling ended a number of actions that were taken seemed to once again work in America's favor. Since Americans did not relish the fact that Cubans were being mistreated, and handled as slaves by the Spanish, they put a stop to this mistreatment by fighting the Spanish forces that were stationed in the Phil...

• Word Count: 727
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the Spanish occupation, traders in Cuba and the colonies of America established illicit trading contracts in order to secure commodities required in the colonies as well as for colonists to dodge the colonial taxes on the imports to Great Britain. As time progressed, trade between Cuba and the United States slowly diminished due to the whims of the Spanish administration. ... Britain had surrendered her claims to the US while Latin America was slipping away from Spain thanks to the Monroe Doctrines' central policy. ... This resulted in the US occupying Cuba and Puerto Rico from Spa...

• Word Count: 1100
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Origin of Cuban culture in the Americas dates back to Pre-Columbian times (5000 BC - AD 1492). 5000 BC - AD 1200 dated the arrival of the first Native-American inhabitants of Cuba. ... It is for this reason that the more significant roots in the Cuban nationality are Spanish (Spain is in Europe and considered white) and African. ... Cuba's history is littered with many revolutionary wars. ... Most are old American cars that are falling apart quickly and are hard to replace. ... His records are quickly sold out in Cuba, Latin America and Spain. ...

• Word Count: 1576
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Bacardi: The Hidden War" After reading "Bacardi: The Hidden War", it is very important to say that the discovery and production of Bacardi rum meant more than a profit for Cuba; it engaged the country in a hidden war that still lives today. ... Bacardi was born in 1862 when Spanish-born wine merchant Don Facundo Bacardi Masso bought a small tin-roofed distillery in Santiago de Cuba; however, the founding family fled the country for the Bahamas in 1960 when Fidel Castro seized control of the company. ... This last policy adjustment would largely stand unchanged for the next 30 years, enjoyi...

• Word Count: 1097
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although I had to share headphones able to translate his Spanish to my comprehendible English with a fellow student due to the vast turnout of students and professors desperate to even catch a glimpse of this notorious leader, I was able to grasp his every word. ... Only ninety miles off the coast of Florida, this island is prohibited for Americans to visit, however, it has been a significant part of U.S. history, from their independence from Spain to the Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War. Additionally, despite their more recent involvement with the United States, Cuba has retained not...

• Word Count: 940
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Imperialism was America's way of finding some new way to profit off of the work of others. ... By doing so America exploited the rights of the Chinese people by robbing them of the compensation that they would receive in direct trade with America. ... Although America's reasons for participating in the Imperialist movement were beneficial to America only, many programs and policies were instituted to help the citizens in many of America's acquisitions from wars. ... Both American contributions helped to increase the standard of living in Cuba to a point that was exponentially be...

• Word Count: 924
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On other hand, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna was born on June 14, 1928, in Rosario, Argentina, to Ernesto Guevara Lynch, a Civil Engineer of Irish descent, and Celia de la Serna of Spanish descent. ... At home he was impressed by the Spanish Civil War refugees and by the long series of squalid political crises in Argentina which culminated in the 'Left Fascist' dictatorship of Juan Peron, to whom the Guevara de la Sernas were opposed. ... Ernesto joined other Castro followers at the farm where the Cuban revolutionaries were being given a tough commando course of professional training i...

• Word Count: 3519
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate