In the 1890's the United States became more aggressive and expansive than it had been for the past few decades. There was apparently a hunger for foreign conquest because they started to concur all the land they could grasp. The conflict with Spain derived mainly from the American desire to help the Cubans with their independence from Spain along with their own greed to gain more world power. Americans wanted the war, after the Maine was blown up by itself, which could well have been avoided. Yet the people of America had little understanding of what the results of the war would bring, and the affect it would have on the nation as a whole. So stating this, I believe American entry into the Spanish-American war was not justified.…
