Why didn't the USA annex Cuba after beating Spain? (Short Animated History Documentary)
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Date: 2023-04-07
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Брендан
As a Puerto Rican, becoming part of the US has all in all been a good thing. Most of the countries around us are very poor and have had awful human rights issues. Not that America is completely innocent, and we aren t always treated as equally as we d like, I think given the two options, we d end up as poor as neighboring countries like DR.
And just for clarification, Hispanic and Latino people doesn t mean not white automatically. We have high white European populations too. You just don t see them we aren t all brown. We also have Asians and black. Latino and Hispanic aren t races. It s like American or Canadian. Doesn t say anything about your blood, but only about your heritage/culture
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As a Puerto Rican, becoming part of the US has all in all been a good thing. Most of the countries around us are very poor and have had awful human rights issues. Not that America is completely innocent, and we aren t always treated as equally as we d like, I think given the two options, we d end up as poor as neighboring countries like DR.
And just for clarification, Hispanic and Latino people doesn t mean not white automatically. We have high white European populations too. You just don t see them we aren t all brown. We also have Asians and black. Latino and Hispanic aren t races. It s like American or Canadian. Doesn t say anything about your blood, but only about your heritage/culture
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Scott
If you want a good read on this very topic, The True Flag by Stephen Kinzer explores the whole debate in American society each way through intervening in Cuba, taking colonies despite being a liberator, and eventually the extensive mental gymnastics of how we're still not an empire even though the Filipinos don't want us there.
The author has some biases, especially relating the Spanish-American War to the etern U. S. interventionism-isolationism debate, but it was interesting seeing just how controversial taking colonies was. The Teller amendment wasn't there for no reason, Congress had some BRUTAL fights over the topic.
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If you want a good read on this very topic, The True Flag by Stephen Kinzer explores the whole debate in American society each way through intervening in Cuba, taking colonies despite being a liberator, and eventually the extensive mental gymnastics of how we're still not an empire even though the Filipinos don't want us there.
The author has some biases, especially relating the Spanish-American War to the etern U. S. interventionism-isolationism debate, but it was interesting seeing just how controversial taking colonies was. The Teller amendment wasn't there for no reason, Congress had some BRUTAL fights over the topic.
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Ragael
Treaty of Paris
This treaty, which we've called the Treaty of Paris to make it easy to differentiate from other treaties, hereby establishes that Spain lost the war. It wasn't even close. Like, why did you even bother?
As such, The United States, hereafter referred to as Freedom Land, will gain possession of Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico. It will also occupy Cuba. It won't annex the entire thing but will instead only take a small part of it in the south which will cause no issue in the future.
Signed,
WILL McKinley
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Treaty of Paris
This treaty, which we've called the Treaty of Paris to make it easy to differentiate from other treaties, hereby establishes that Spain lost the war. It wasn't even close. Like, why did you even bother?
As such, The United States, hereafter referred to as Freedom Land, will gain possession of Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico. It will also occupy Cuba. It won't annex the entire thing but will instead only take a small part of it in the south which will cause no issue in the future.
Signed,
WILL McKinley
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Joseph
As a cuban I could say that you miss the hole point, but fair enough video: sometimes you need some proxies countries to experiment to. remember that, for example is wide known that while american supported the government of the dictator Batista, they also supported the Fidel Castro rebellion, just notice that Batista intelligence didn't know where Fidel was, and a CNN reporter did, in the end American just create a dog that's bite their own hand, and like always pay the people
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As a cuban I could say that you miss the hole point, but fair enough video: sometimes you need some proxies countries to experiment to. remember that, for example is wide known that while american supported the government of the dictator Batista, they also supported the Fidel Castro rebellion, just notice that Batista intelligence didn't know where Fidel was, and a CNN reporter did, in the end American just create a dog that's bite their own hand, and like always pay the people
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writerconsidered
I was generally confused because I thought Cuba was a US territory. Fun fact I was wrong. But not quite. I genuinely learned more about this relationship then I ever learned before. I usually know the history more or less and just come here for the humor. This time I got both. This also explains why we didn't end up if a full war against the communists later on. In hindsight maybe full territory status would have been a better option. Penny wise pound foolish.
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I was generally confused because I thought Cuba was a US territory. Fun fact I was wrong. But not quite. I genuinely learned more about this relationship then I ever learned before. I usually know the history more or less and just come here for the humor. This time I got both. This also explains why we didn't end up if a full war against the communists later on. In hindsight maybe full territory status would have been a better option. Penny wise pound foolish.
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Liam
You actually skipped some historical context: during the 19th century there were proposals to annex Cuba, especially by southern politicians, because they hoped that it could be turned into a slave state (because of the ammount of plantations there. After the American Civil war, the idea vanished until History Matters covered it.
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You actually skipped some historical context: during the 19th century there were proposals to annex Cuba, especially by southern politicians, because they hoped that it could be turned into a slave state (because of the ammount of plantations there. After the American Civil war, the idea vanished until History Matters covered it.
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Alex
Fun and informative as always, though the US flag vertical orientation was reversed, a common mistake, and he used an image of the pre-Civil War capitol before the modern dome was completed. Again, a huge fan, and I only say this because he usually does so well with minor details.
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Fun and informative as always, though the US flag vertical orientation was reversed, a common mistake, and he used an image of the pre-Civil War capitol before the modern dome was completed. Again, a huge fan, and I only say this because he usually does so well with minor details.
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Savage
Are you fkn joking. you should explain exactly why certain Americans didn't want to allow more black or brown people into the country. it's bcuz of the political status qou & economy. It had nothing to do w/ racism. But you certainly suggested this w/o explanation.
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Are you fkn joking. you should explain exactly why certain Americans didn't want to allow more black or brown people into the country. it's bcuz of the political status qou & economy. It had nothing to do w/ racism. But you certainly suggested this w/o explanation.
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Shirkeadores
US didn t take Cuba for the same reasons it doesn t take Puerto Rico as an actual state: the people there are not white. The US is much more likely to welcome a Canadian province, Greenland, or Iceland into the Union that make Cuba or Puerto Rico a state.
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US didn t take Cuba for the same reasons it doesn t take Puerto Rico as an actual state: the people there are not white. The US is much more likely to welcome a Canadian province, Greenland, or Iceland into the Union that make Cuba or Puerto Rico a state.
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Mr.
Imagine if Amarica had decited it wanted to become a empire
Edit: Just before people start commenting that I'm of imperial mindset (because that happenes on yt, it's meant as a worried comment. But because I'm on a new phone, the right emotes are hard to find
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Imagine if Amarica had decited it wanted to become a empire
Edit: Just before people start commenting that I'm of imperial mindset (because that happenes on yt, it's meant as a worried comment. But because I'm on a new phone, the right emotes are hard to find
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Bleach7482O
It's interesting to think that if Cuba had been annexed and perhaps made a State, it would have changed a lot of world history. There may never have been no Cuban Missle Crisis, no Castro, no Communism there. Interesting alt history thought.
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It's interesting to think that if Cuba had been annexed and perhaps made a State, it would have changed a lot of world history. There may never have been no Cuban Missle Crisis, no Castro, no Communism there. Interesting alt history thought.
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Sunshine
I wonder what would ve happened if the United States kept Cuba as a territory instead of giving Cuba independence? Besides Florida losing their monopoly as a domestic tropical paradise, the Cold War would be different.
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I wonder what would ve happened if the United States kept Cuba as a territory instead of giving Cuba independence? Besides Florida losing their monopoly as a domestic tropical paradise, the Cold War would be different.
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soviet
0: 51 as always the little jokes in the fine print of the treaties is hilarious
named treaty of paris to make it easy to differentiate from other treaties
the united states, hearafter refered to as freedom land
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0: 51 as always the little jokes in the fine print of the treaties is hilarious
named treaty of paris to make it easy to differentiate from other treaties
the united states, hearafter refered to as freedom land
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history_matters
As a Republican, I'm glad Cuba is not a state since it would be a perpetual blue state like Hawaii. As a fan of the beach, I am disappointed since it would have made an amazing summer destination.
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As a Republican, I'm glad Cuba is not a state since it would be a perpetual blue state like Hawaii. As a fan of the beach, I am disappointed since it would have made an amazing summer destination.
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