Answer: a self-governing state
Explanation:
President McKinley didn't want to get in the War at the time, but some things happened which pushed him into joining. Once reason was the fact our battleship, <em>U.S.S.</em> <em>Maine,</em> was sunk. Spain wasn't proven to be involved, but USA had good reason to believe that they were. Yellow Journalism was also a pretty big factor.
Although you only asked for two, I'm just going to give you the other two reasons as well. The United States supported Cuba's desire to have independence so we wanted to go to War for them so they could enjoy like we were. And, lastly, we wanted to protect our business interests with Cuba.
A German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower.
Its successful execution results in short military campaigns, which preserves human lives and limits the expenditure of artillery.