Revolution in Cuba, American financial support of the Cuban cause was but one of the many ways the lives of Americans and Cubans intersected. The Cuban and U.S. economies were also intertwined. The Maine exploded and killed 266 of 354 American officers `and crew. The Americans who favored the war had motives that were mixed and complex. The soldiers in the Spanish- American War were writing letters to their loved ones. A lot of the soldiers were regulars and just volunteered to help because of bitter divisions of the Civil War era. On August 12, Spain and the United States signed an armistice to end the war. The taste of empire is in the mouth of the strength, but as a nation debated the Treaty of Paris. The anti-imperialist ire focused mostly
