The Cuban-American War: A Superb Little War

In the last years of the 19th century, the United States found itself taking part in what John Jay; American secretary of state, denoted to as a “Superb Little War”. The war started with the highest levels of motivation, carried on with outstanding and so many significant positive effects, John Jay was right in calling the Cuban-American war a “Superb Little War”. The defeat of the Spanish forces in Cuba marked the end of their regime in the Americas and set the United States as a universal military power. It helped fasten the construction of the Panama Canal as well as the US acquisition of foreign territories. The Cuban-American war caused political conflicts in Cuba. Cuba was one of the Spanish oldest colonies. It was an important colony