HIST 2340W Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Valeriano Weyler, Santiago De Cuba, George Dewey

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Mckinley wants to avoid war, tells spain to give cuba more autonomy but spain refuses send valeriano weyler instead, who tries to repress insurrection, unrest as much as possible. [honor] negative media publicity towards spain and weyler, and de lome letter. Similar values and virtues between americans and cubans. Cubans stand for freedom of religion and press, and spain is trying to extinguish them. Chance for america to spread its ideals, cubans value these ideals but. Cuba needs to be rescued by the chivalrous us. An american somehow through bribes or something got her released. Same idea, cuba a fair damsel that is waiting to be rescued. Us has moral obligation to rescue cuba people opposed to the war somehow seem to be damaging american honor or virtue. Mckinley holding the us back idea that us has to go to war to defend honor, but because of business interests it is holding back.

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