... Cuba because of its strategic location as the biggest island in the Caribbean Sea, its rich resource of sugar, and its security importance because of its close proximity to the United States. With the political inferno that was raging on the island, the United States had a number of reasons to intervene, both diplomatically and militarily. The first, most prominent, issue was the humanitarian aspect of Spain's brutal behavior toward ... the revolt. In March of 1897 President William McKinley non-publicly, began his response ... ...

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