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diplomats strongly encourage president franklin to pierce to buy Cuba from Spain, their response was that they would rather see Cuba sink into the ocean
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Cuba's war was a fail they did not become an independent country rather they were still ruled by Spain, They did accomplish to eradicate slavery and the agreement to war stops.
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it was important because the Americans realized that defeating a significant Spanish squadron then stationed in Cuba was vital. -
this is important because he is the one that led and got everything set up by planning exactly what he needed to do -
to prevent the insurrections from leading the population against Spanish rule, Weyler built concentration camps -
American sugar interests bought up large traits of land in Cuba. -
he most significantly u.s. land victory and one of the final battles, of the spanish american war.
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explosion sank the battleship, USS Maine, in Havana harbor, triggering a war between the united states and Spain. Maine had come to Cuba. -
it was important because he defeats the Spanish Pacific fleet by the u.s. navy. resulting in the fall of the Philippines. -
it was important because the u.s. took over Puerto Rico so they could truthfully say it is theirs. -
it was important because it was a peace agreement between Spain and the united states that ended the Spanish American war marking the end. -
this was important because the u.s. has the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico as an imperial power