The Spanish-American War was a brief, yet intense conflict between Spain and America that lasted from April of 1898 until July of 1898. ... This included the use of yellow journalism, by two leading sources Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, to help build anti-Spanish sentiments throughout the nation. For many years preceding the Spanish-American war Cuban insurgents had been fighting for their independence from Spain. ... This type of journalism caused a rapid spread of anti-Spanish sentiments and helped fuel President McKinley's decision to go to war with Spain. ... In addition t...

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Spain is surrounded by beautiful beaches and mountaintops. ... Spain has given great effort to help support the people of the country. ... Spain has a 20% unemployment rate. ... Spain went deeper and deeper into debt until 1982. ... On January 1, 1986, Spain finally ascended to the EEC. ...

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The government aids and tax cuts offered to miners for technical improvements helped many entrepreneurs to cut tunnels and shafts underground. ... Many natives who resisted the occupation of Spanish died as a result of wars and battles. ... The continuous decade long pressure by the priests forced Spanish government to take ineffective measures to stop Indian slavery. The Spanish government mandated new labor drafts known as 'mita' in Peru and 'repartimiento' in New Spain to protect Indians from slavery. ... Despite all the challenges faced by the miners of silver and go...

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A public outcry for justice appealed to President Cleveland in 1895 for aid to the Cuban revolt, a rebellion against Spanish misrule and civilian atrocities by Spanish General "Butcher" Weyler. ... As Spain sent their broken navy to Cuba, disillusioned Americans began to fear for their coastline, but the Spanish armada made it only to the Cuban harbor of Santiago. ... Oregon destroyed the fleeing Spanish fleet. ... It also, maybe most importantly, finally unified the North and South, of which collectively helped liberate Cuba. ... But upon great deliberation, he decided to keep the Philip...

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Spanish America was racially divided by a hierarchy called the Caste System imposed by the Spanish Crown .This system sets certain rules on which color skin gets the most privileges in society. ... "Designations, either colorful or derogatory, that defined the degree of racial mixture, helped to maintain a sullen resentment and a sense of ethnic inferiority." ... "The antagonism and bitter feelings between American Creoles and those Spaniards born in the Iberian Peninsula, who came to Latin America, helped ignite the emotional tinderbox that flared in 1810." ... He led Mexico to independence ...

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To the Spanish, these potential prizes were irresistible. ... First of all, the Guanches did not speak Spanish. ... Where one of Spain's goals was in jeopardy, the other could be compromised to compensate, still resulting in a Spanish victory. ... Neither the Spanish nor Columbus hid their motives. ... Who has gold has a treasure with which he gets what he wants, imposes his will on the world, and even helps souls to paradise." ...

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One factor that accelerated expansion was political centralization in the major European countries - Spain, France, and England. In 15th Century Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella united the various Spanish kingdoms under their rule. With its monarchy stronger than ever, Spain was ready to venture out into foreign territory. ... Although the favorable location helped Portugal in expansion, this "Age of Discovery" was also stimulated by various technological developments. ... One of the major reasons for expansion that Spain and Portugal had was the desire to Christianize Muslims. ...

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Through years of conquest, Spain was considered to be the most powerful nation in Europe at the point in history. ... Though the Spanish dreamed of unity, they were intolerant towards a cultural unity; it was believed that the Spanish imperialism was the only way of life. ... This reputation made the Spanish and its' conquistadors a force to be reckoned with, and oftentimes the name of "Spanish conquistador " itself was enough to strike fear into the citizens of whatever nation or country that the Spanish empire was trying to conquer. ... Cortes' first visit would leave a great impr...

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The Spanish Civil War signified to great ideologies, Fascism and Communism. ... There were two opposing sides during the Spanish Civil War, the Nationalists and the Republicans. ... The Republicans controlled the ideology of Communism in Spain. ... Other counties like France and Mexico also contributed military aid to help the Republicans fight for their cause. The Spanish conflict between the two parties was crucial and resulted with many deaths leading to a downfall within Spanish society. ...

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The Spanish army was equally divided and both sides were roughly equivalent geographically. ... For example, groups around Madrid were focussed on winning war without changing the way that Spain was run. ... One of the major, trained, military fighting forces that are in Spain is the army of Africa. ... Only when the Italians/Germans airlift or sail them across with air support are they able to get to Spain. This allowed the Nationalists take over southern Spain (previously pro-republican) by late 1936. ...

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On the night of 17 July 1936, the Spanish army, inspired most of all by General Franco, started the Spanish Civil War by rebelling against the Second Republic. ... (Spanish). ... It was the military intervention of foreign nations that fuelled the Spanish Civil War, and from one perspective, actually On the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War the leaders of the military uprising immediately asked the German government for help. ... (Spanish). ... The Soviet Union provided considerable help to the Spanish Communist Party to improve its position in the Popular Front government. ...

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For example, the changes to the legal procedure help to explain the growth of persecution. ... On the other hand, strongly Catholic societies like Spain and Italy were relatively free from witch-hunting. The best example of this concerns the attitude of the Inquisitor Alonso de Salazar, who investigated an outbreak of witch hunting in the Spanish Basque country. ... In the process he brought an end to the Spanish Inquisitions connections with the prosecution of witches. The Inquisition subsequently intervened with local jurisdictions in Spain to bring persecution to an end. ...

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So I realized the language Spanish had affected and cause my life difficult. ... After 4 years, I can manage spanish not perfectly as Mexicans, but I spoke fluently that could solve problems for my family and I realized knowing Spanish made my life better, I did not know how I began have a lot of friends from school, Facebook, workplace and it helped me to argue or clarify the facts. In Mexico people would take advantages from the people who did not know Spanish. ... Through these years I saw may unfair events happened to the non-spanish speakers, for example, the police officers took benefits...

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To start, both Spaniards had translators to help them through their conquest. ... Specifically for Cortés the Cempoala and Tlaxcalans, who provided firsthand information on the Aztecs and help to fight alongside Cortés. ... Both Spaniards shared and differed advantages that had helped them to conquest the indigenous people. ... This was not exactly far from how the Spaniards felt about themselves, whereas they felt that they were inherently superior and that their Christian god would help them to victory. ... But it was these men that would bring home gargantuan wins for Spain ...

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As a result, many communities have adopted bi-lingual programs, in order to help Mexican-American students ease into English submersion by using both the Spanish and English languages in the educational process. ... On their first day of fourth grade at their new school, the children were unable to respond in English to a question nor was the teacher able to help them find the correct words. ... Martinez, who had always helped her sons with homework in their former bi-lingual school, displayed great concern that "`their grades will fall, because I"m no longer going to be able to help them a...

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Eventually, even some Filipinos themselves helped maintain the rule of the Spanish through roles in the military and local government. ... Some people who were once considered natives were now becoming officers and soldiers for the Spanish. ... " (435) By undoing the centuries of cultural fragmentation and political ambiguity, the Filipino "enlightenment" as Rizal calls it, helped pull together a set of actions backed by powerful moral ideas that previous insurrections could not. ... " (433) It took a regime as ruthless as the Spanish friars to create enough bonding en...

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During the early 1500's the Spanish and Portugal lead the world with their great and dominant Navies. The Spanish discovery of silver in Zacateces and San Luis Potosi allowed Spain to have a lot of trading power with East Asia in the way of silk and back home in Spain helped to put money back into the treasury after the 800 year-long recon quest of Iberia form the Moors (The world that trade created, pg. 54). ... But as time goes on the Spanish and Portuguese hold on the world scene lessens, in many ways due to privaterring, which lead to losses in Spain and gains for the Dutch, Engl...

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The 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475-1519), helped establish the first stable settlement on the South American continent at Darién on the coast of the Isthmus of Panama. ... Balboa claimed the ocean and all of its shores for Spain, opening the way for later Spanish exploration and conquest along the western coast of South America. ... Balboa was born in 1475 in Jerez de los Caballeros, a town in the impoverished Extremadura region of Spain. ... In that region, the local Indians were more peaceful, and the new colony, Darién, would...

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Peru was demographically affected and forced to assimilate to Spanish culture. ... The Spanish colonization of Peru in 1532 enforced the people of Peru to become adapted to the political, social, and cultural standards of the Spanish. ... Gomez did not only show his kindness in front of others who can witness his miracles, but even in private Fray Gomez was willing to help a man in need. ... Even the peddler asking for financial help, believed in the goodness of Fray Gomez, that he asked him for money knowing he had very little. ... During times of political change and disturbances, faith is...

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Indeed, France's greatest military humiliation in 1870 was provoked by a dispute with Prussia over Spanish succession. ... `It also has to be noted that in August 1936, Spain was not the chief priority of the British Government. ... `Within Britain there were mixed opinions as to what the policy in Spain should be. ... In 1935 there was forty million pounds worth of British investment in Spain (3), mostly in ore mining, textiles and sherry; and the two governments had just arranged a payment schedule for the £6 million of foreign debt owed by Spain to Britain. ... `This was a reaso...

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At school and in public you describe hearing the cold, harsh sounds of the English language and wishing that your teachers would welcome you in Spanish, instead. You explain that, as a child, you regarded Spanish as your own personal language. ... I being half Salvadorian tried to speak, I"m sad to say, the little Spanish I knew to help her out but it just wasn't enough, it never seemed to be enough, as I"m sure you understand. ... No longer did you hear the warm sounds of Spanish fill your house. ... You say that you felt that your close-knit family ceased to exist as it once did when ...

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Today's heated animosity results from Spain's Francoist era, but the roots of competition are ingrained in Spanish culture. Doubling as a history of both Spain and its soccer regional rivalry has always existed within the whole of Spain, thanks to historic centralization policies of Spanish government. ... To preserve the pre existing regions of Spain, regional rivalries became a natural foundation of most Spanish clubs. ... With help from Barcelona's "chief scout" Josep Samitier (a notorious playboy who Franco frequently bribed) the deal went sour and Milonarios illegally ne...

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The events of the Haitian Revolution helped re-shape the country from the political system they had before, and it introduced new leaders who would become similar to those in the Spanish American Wars. In the beginning of the 18th century, the Spanish ruler had given control and colonization of Haiti to the French. ... He displayed an impressive talent for devising and leading militaristic strategies that would help the groups insurgency become one of the most successful revolts. ... The remaining Spanish territories fell to San Martín's forces, but by 1825 all of Spanish America had ...

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The Articles proved to be financially ineffective because it was not able to impose taxes or tariffs to pay off debts and help the country. ... The Articles of Confederation was ineffective in solving the US's problems with the British, Native Americans, and Spanish. In the southern Florida and Louisiana region were the Spanish. When the US signed the Treaty of Paris, Britain promised that they could use the Mississippi river to transport their goods down it, but Spain noted that they had not signed that treaty and therefore closed its New Orleans ports to the US. ... A few British anti-f...

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Cyrus the Younger hired 10 700 Greek Hoplite soldiers to help press his claim to the Persian throne, and they managed to battle their way over more than 1500 miles and make it back home to Greece. ... This was a battle which numbers wise should not have been won by the Spanish. ... Logistically speaking, there was almost no possible way for the Spanish to even come close to taking down the Aztecs. ... One thing that the Spanish had was the fact that they were so much more culturally advanced than the Aztecs. ... The one thing that helps to prove the point that Hanson is trying to justify is th...

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