Answer: This war was fought in part because a lot of people wanted Cuba, one of the last remaining bits of the former Spanish Empire, to become independent. Many Americans also wanted their country to get a colonial empire. All of these colonies, except for Cuba, would become U.S. colonies at the end of the war.
Spain & Portugal
Explanation:
looking at the key that money range is the color yellow and it says to the west of Italy, the country Italy is the country that looks like a boot so start there and go WEST, on the compass west will be to the left, so go left of italy until u see countries that have that money range the question is asking. in this case 25,000-39,999 is the color yellow and Spain and Portugal match that description!!
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The Spanish-American War helped create support for building the Panama Canal because option <em>A) A canal would have helped U.S. ships get to the war more quickly</em>. Cuba was seen by Spain as a province. In 1868 Cuba had gone into war with Spain, this was the Ten Years' War, which was subdued by the authorities a decade later. There was popular support for American intervention in the war. Peace negotiations ended with the sinking of U.S. Maine, and the U.S. went to war. A canal would have helped U.S. ships get to the war more quickly.
Both the Democratic and Republican Parties would support the idea that the United States should defend itself both in times of war and when it feels as though it's being threatened, since both parties believe deeply in national security.
