In the 1890s, Cuba wanted to get their freedom from Spain. People like Jose Marti petitioned Americans to side with the Cubans and the poor treatment they were receiving from Spain. Also, there was a lot of support in the newspapers called "yellow journalism" where American people were sympathizing with the cause to go against Spain in war. This especially was true with a man nicknamed "The Butcher", Valeriano Weyler, who was a military leader from Spain placed in Cuba to put people in concentration camps.
As a result, America felt a strong sense of patriotism and business reasons to go to war with Spain. After the <em>USS Maine</em> exploded, the United States declared war on Spain.
A similar situation happened in the Philippines, where Spain had a high influence and America did want to free the Philippines from Spain, but then also had their own agenda to take over the Philippines, as it was in a strategic location in the Pacific for trade.
Answer:
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five laws, adopted in September 1850, which intended to resolve territorial and social disputes related to the slavery issue that arose after the Mexican-American War. These five laws balanced the interests of the slave states in the South and free states in the North: California was admitted to the union as a free state; Texas received financial compensation for waiving territorial claims over the territories west of the Rio Grande, the territories now comprised of New Mexico; New Mexico territory (including today's Arizona and a portion of southern Nevada) was organized without any slavery prohibition; slave trade (not slavery itself) was prohibited in the District of Columbia; and the Fugitive Slave Act was adopted, whereby all American citizens were obliged to help return the slaves to their masters, regardless of the legality of slavery in their states. The compromise also decided on the right of the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty.
The Compromise temporarily defused strong tensions within the United States, delaying the crisis of secession and the Civil War. The Compromise gave up Wilmot Provision, which did not officially become law, but which would have prohibited slavery in the territories taken over from Mexico.
Anglo-Zanzibar War it lasted between 38 and 45 minutes, making it the shortest war in history.
A - because that’s the most logical, none of the others make sense
