Invading Cuba in 1898, the US did so to defend its interests and exact revenge on Cuba for the destruction of the USS Maine, which had blown up in Havana Harbor.
The fight for independence in Cuba was closely observed by the US. There were numerous American residents living in Cuba, and the United States had invested millions of dollars in businesses there. Likewise, the US and Cuba engaged in commerce. Long before 1898, the United States started to be interested in buying Cuba. After the Ten Years War, American sugar companies acquired substantial amounts of land in Cuba.
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