At the turn of the 20th Century, the United States was on the rise.
Spain was the last remaining European power in the Western Hemisphere and the US was eager to prove it was top dog.
So, it went to war to kick Spain out of the Western Hemisphere.
It was very much looking for an excuse to fight Spain.
It sent their economies into further decline--European countries had invested in our stock market and they relied on our financial assistance following the war.
Germany was relying on circular loans from the US which provided funds to help them pay for reparations. After the stock market crash, we were no longer able to aid which stopped money from flowing into Europe. This caused further decline in Europe preventing them from investing in their own countries let along buy goods from the US.
It means Romanian Enlightenment features, in Romanian.
There was no other reason, that was literally the only reason
