Why did imperialists support the Spanish-American War?

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Bob K.
May 16, 2016

Expansionists, having reached the Pacific coast decades earlier, ran out of places to expand into.

Explanation:

Expansionists in search of arable land and cheap labor looked hungrily at two areas: Cuba and the Philippines, both underutilized possessions of the Spanish empire. It took little more than an artificially ginned-up war to seize both, as well as Guam and Puerto Rico.

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