AUHIS 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Grover Cleveland, Spanish Empire, Full Breakfast

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Augustana Faculty - History
• Course: AUHIS 251
• Professor: Rani

Document Summary

Does not want a war with spain. Feared the consequences of the large policy . During the 1896 administration he was the head of secretary of the navy. Didn"t think they could grab cuba, but thought they could liberate it. Ended up thinking they should take over cuba after all. : believed war could purify ready to get into war with. Starts talking about autonomy for cuba and home rule. Foreign affairs would still be handled by spain, but mostly people can do what they want. Bending over backwards to accommodate cuba and us. Put some pressure on the spanish regime about some of the mistreatment of. Cuban spy in the post office stole the letter was published in us newspapers. Cuba and us are already close to war. Battleship blows up and sank in havana harbour, 266 americans die. 3 theories + 1 not widely publicized/accepted theory.