Spanish Misrule in Cuba Cuba is drawn as helpless that needs to American assistance. The beginning of American savior complex.
Teller Amendment Sponsored by Republican senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado, which disclaimed any intention by the US to exercise control over Cuba, pledging that the government of the island would be left to its inhabitants as soon as peace had been restored.
Slogan: Remember the Maine and to hell with Spain.
Causes
- Sinking of the USS Maine
- Yellow Journalism
- America wanted to compete for land after the start of European imperialism
- Resources for factories after the Gilded Age
- Social Darwinism caused America to believe they are better than other countries
- Political Power: Monroe Doctrine
Effects
- Treaty of Paris is signed
- America gains Cuba, Guam, and the Philippines for 20 million
- American emerges as a world power
- Spain defeated and is now a weak country
- Europeans can scramble for Spanish colonies