In 1898, the Spanish-American War broke out as an attempt to free Cuba from Spanish oppression. The war erupted over the outrage of the immoral treatment of Cuban revolutionaries who launched a fight for independence against Spain. The Spanish herded the Cubans into unsanitary concentration camps, filthy with disease, causing many deaths. As a result, America was pressured to join the war. In truth, the United States had selfish reasons to collaborate with the Cubans. First, Americans wanted the enforcement of the …show more content…
Subsequent to the war the United States transformed its ideology when the open door policy enticed the nation to acquire foreign rule. Hence the Spanish-American war was a great way to expand to foreign nations. Although, through the Treaty of Paris the United States gained much land, for example; Cuba, the Philippines, and Guam, it did come with a substantial price of twenty-million dollars for the