WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?

During the early twentieth century, the United States had an imperialism mind setting. The country was in hustling to gather as much land as possible. They did this because they believed that the more land equal more power. The United States was even killing Native Americans to cointinue their migration west. The United States became greedy which strated the Spanish American War. The United States wasn’t justified in going to war against Spain in 1898 because of political, economic, moral, and diplomatic factors such as: the Ostend Manifesto, the war was hurting the economy, Cuba belong to Spain, and the fact that the government was going behind the citizens back.

The United States wasn’t justified in going to war against Spain because of political reasons such as the Ostend Manifesto. The Ostend Manifesto was the document that President Pierce sent to Ostend with some proslavery representatives. The representatives basically said that if Spain won’t sell the United States Cuba, then the United States will take it by force. This was one of the major reasons for the Spanish American War. The Ostend Manifesto was completely useless, and didn’t have any reason to happen.

The United States didn’t have a rational reason for the Spanish American War because of economic reasons, such as the economy was losing money because of the war. Even though the Spanish American War was the “splendid little war” it cost the country more than hundred and fifty million, and that’s before the US even declared war on Spain. Cuba had a lot of economic advantages for the country, such as sugar and fuel. The overall damage was completely worst then the gain. The war was costly for the United States. The rebels from Spain and Cuba was costing the United States a lot of money. Since the country was in war the demand on the business increase significantly, which also didn’t assist in the economic situation

The United States had no business being in war against Spain because of moral reasons such as the fact that Cuba belong to Spain. The war was completely immoral. Even though the country got in the war to so call free the Cubans from the annex. It wasn’t the main reason that the US wanted Cuba, which was for the sugar and the fuel. Cuba just had a lot of good resoures that will benefit the country. Even the newspapers was making up stories about the Spanish American War, they were call Yellow Press. They reason that the Yellow Press did this was to increase sales. The country morality was significatly low.

The United States had no reason to be in a war with Spain because of diplomatic factors such as the fact that the government was going behind the citizens back. Besides going behind the citizens back the US wanted to have slavery in Cuba. Despite the fact, that Slavery was abolish in the thirteen amendment in 1865. This was completely against the whole setting of the United States. Besides the fact the country had few causalties the country, it still lost a lot. This also set up the presidential Election of 1900, which gave President McKinley, it just gave him the chance to finish the war he started.

In conclusion, the Spanish American War was fruitless. This is because the economic problems that it put the country in, the depression of 1893. The immoral motives of the war, which were never achieved. The dirtiness of the Ostend Manifesto and President Pierce. The illegalness of the United States in trying to recondite their thirteen amendment.