What Led to the United States Imperialism in Cuba?

What led to the United States Imperialism in Cuba?

1.) Introduction

Currently there are many hypothesis which establish the reason for the Spanish American war which ultimately led to the imperialism in Cuba by the United States of America. The Scholar John Offner, states that the Spanish-American war was inevitable. Cuban nationalism and Spanish colonialism where irreconcilable forces allowing for no compromise. The United states and spain tried to find a peaceful resolution to the stalemated Cuban-Spanish war, but Cuban nationalist were unyielding, and powerful domestic forces propelled Washington and Madrid into a conflict. (1) Another hypothesis by the scholar of the Spanish American War was that the sympathy with Cuban independence, As Americans looked with horror on the numerous deaths in Cuban reconcentration camps and the never ending battle for Cuban independence led to the intervention of American forces. (2) The final hypothesis believe that US expansion was to blame. According to Howard Jones Author of Crucible of Power: A History of American Foreign Relations From 1897, “The expansionist drive of the 1840’s had spent itself within the continental United States, the great industrial, technological, and commercial advances of the post Civil War era turned U.S. interest toward distant Shores.” The author states “ Expansion was inevitable and relentless.” (3) This was due to the fact that By the 1890s any U.S. interest