Negative Effects Of The Spanish American War

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At the end of the 19th century the united states would get involved with what the secretary of state would call a “splendid little war”. The Spanish American war is one of many significant wars in history. This war was one of the shorter and simpler wars that the United States flourished in. From the united states point of view this war had a few negative effects but also many small positive outcomes that made this war very significant. The total and utter destruction of Spain marked the point in history where they have lost all power over the Americas. It was also when the united states showed themselves as a worldwide military power. The Spanish American war was a brief issue with only a short time of actual military involvement,
The americans had seen many revolutions and coups that changed the regime of other countrys such as countrys in south America, central America, and mexico. When cuba needed support for there independence it had some deep roots for americans and put a lot of personal feelings into this war for all the American citizens who had to fight in it. The war would have been very different if the American population changed what they thought of cuba being under spain colonial empire. The united states navy destroyed the last of the ships trying to escape the carribean which was the unofficial ending to the war. The official ending was when the Spanish signed the treaty of paris and seceded from cuba. The Spanish American war was more than just another war for both the victors and losers. The united states was able to gain many strategic advantages and spain took there focus off of outward expansion and decided to look into there own economical system more scrutinously. The war ended the entire Spanish empire in
The American navy won the Spanish American war but soon realized during the war that cross oceanic travel would make a major difference in outcome and resource use. The extra time they would save by having cross oceanic travel would give them exceedingly more amounts of time to plan there attacks and setup the execution of them. After the Spanish American war the americans had a lot of say over the carribean and pushed through the panama canal building and finished it in 1914. The panama canal was a major feet in commerce and military action for the entire