The Spanish-American War The Spanish-American War had a good many causes. The stated U.S. cause for war with Spain was the Cuban struggle for independence, American Imperialism was also another factor and the sinking of the Maine was a big factor as well. The war grew out the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain; the brutality with which Spain put down Cuban demands for independence made Americans both sympathetic and angry on the part …
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… the U.S. The signing of this treaty affectivity ended the Spanish colonial empire and made the U.S. a world power. The Spanish-American War did a number of other things as well, it showed the U.S. the importance of having a two-ocean navy, and it also helped speed up the constriction of the Panama Canal. The war also help give notoriety to man a man that would later become President; Theodore Roosevelt.