It was mostly for new land trade and to convert the people in the Americas to the Christian faith
European monarchies Now Had to calm the revolts to get back control or lose <span>their american colonies</span>
The Spanish American war was a belic conflict that begun in 1898 and involved Spain (including Cuba and the Philippines) and the United States. The Leaders involved were:
From Spain:
- Queen Maria Cristina of Austria (regent)
- Admiral Pascual Cervera, who commanded the Spanish Caribbean fleet in Cuba
- Praxedes Mateo Sagasta, Patricio Montojo, Pascual Cervera, Asenio Linares, Manuel Macías, Ramón Blanco, Antero Rubín, Valeriano Weyler (Spanish army)
- Máximo Gómez, Calixto García, Demetri Castillo (Cuba)
- Emilio Aguinaldo, Apolinario Mabini (in Philippines)
From the US:
- Commodore George Dewey, U.S. naval squadron; he destroyed the spanish fleet in Manila, Philippines.
- General Willian Shafter,
- President William McKinley
- Nelson A. Miles
- William T. Sampson
Phyllis Schlafly pointed out the ERA could mean women would end up being treated equally to men which would mean having no privileges and no exemptions due to their gender (selective service and being drafted should that ever return for example).
<span>She pointed many women prefer to be treated differently than men, so that loosing their privileges and exemptions would be seen as a negative to many</span>
