Maybe it is possible that they did not want to start another war
I'm gonna say A. Poor banking practices.
1898: The Birth of a Superpower. The 1898 Treaty of Paris ending the war gave Cuba its independence and also ceded important Spanish possessions to the United States—notably Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and the small island of Guam. The United States was suddenly a colonial power with overseas dependencies.
<span>B.They took advantage of their inability to read and write</span>
