U.S. Intervention in the
Cuban Independence War

"To be a patriot, one had to say and keep on saying, 'Our country, right or wrong,' and urge on the little war. Have you not perceived that that phrase is an insult to the nation?" -- Mark Twain

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Learning Objectives

  1. To understand the causes of the Cuban Independence War.
  2. To determine why the U.S. intervened in the Cuban Independence War.
  3. To consider the immediate and long-term effect of U.S. intervention.

Content Objectives

  1. To analyze the racial, social, and economic dimensions of neo-imperialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
  2. To understand the roles of business, government, military, media, and climate of opinion in shaping U.S. foreign policy.
  3. To evaluate the power and objectives of those opposed to U.S. foreign policy.

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Discussion

The Historian is developing a chapter in a history book about U.S. intervention in the Cuban Independence War. Her/his role is to find out what the reasons and consequences of intervention were, using the questions above, and from Discovering (Chapter 4) and Constructing (Chapter 5) as guidelines.

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