Spanish American War Research Paper

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The Spanish American War was a misgided war. It started with the supposed blowing up of the U.S.S. Maine in 1898. Out of the ashes of this desaster, erupted a war that should have never happend. About 200 men were killed in the explosion and the men that survived put the blame on Cuba and Spain.
This war was a complete waste of resorces and human life was the fact that it was started on a hunch! The reason the U.S. blamed the explosion on Spain was because of the high tentions in Cuba at the time due to the "little war going on for Cuba's independence. The war was a war of mistakes. Not only did the US declared war off of a hunch, but on August 12, even though peace had been declared with Guam we still attacked. Due to a lack of knowing we

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