So far I got almost all of my sources to write my paper. I did my traditional outline to organize my thoughts and be able to write a good paper. I need to do is finish off the fifth topic on my outline so I can send it in. This process may be long but it'll be worth it at the end of the semester.

I've had a few group discussions with other students who are writing about the war. One wants to write about the whole war overall, giving different types of insight of it. The other wants to write all the negative things and views of what the United States did and why they are so bad. I'm gonna write about the positive things the United States and impact they had.

Quotation paragraphs

Countries need to unite with each other. Once they realized it’d be better working together instead of going against one another. “The fractured nations of the Iberian Peninsula; Spain, Portugal, needed to unify with one another, and then to unify their former republic in the New World. But right now, he claimed, they cannot do so because they are too disintegrated, without unity of thought, action, or association”.  A few of these countries wouldn’t have joined together because they’ll feel weak if they had support from another. Spain who started the war would be the last to decided to join forces so they can make a “new world” and rather depend on themselves, then rely on another country. Already dealing with the United States, Spain already had other things to worry about. They were already focused on taking over Cuba. If Spain ever considered joining up with another country, maybe things would be different.

    No matter what the cause, people will fight for what they believe in. No matter how hard the situation nobody should ever shy away. “Although one rebellion had been squashed in 1878, Cuba insurgents tried again in 1895 to overthrow their European masters”. Right before the Spanish- American War started, Cuba tried to fight back. They tried to defend what was theirs. Even though they tried several times, they never shied away from their rebellion. If this didn’t happen, the United States wouldn’t have helped Cuba. Cuba may have been outnumbered but they defended what was theirs and didn’t shy away.

    Cuba wasn’t the only country being over run by Spain. They tried to move on to the Philippines trying to see if they were able to gain control over them. “The next year similar uprising against Spanish colonial authorities broke out in the Philippines”. With them trying to get Cuba, Spain kept their options open to see if they could be able to gain more power trying to take over another country. Spain is like a bully, trying to pick on the smaller countries. This happened to become a known battle throughout the war. It was considered a key battle for the United States. If it wasn’t for the Untied States stepping into help, Spain would be a whole different country with a lot more power.

My Annotated Bibliography

history.state.gov. Milestones:1866-1898, The Spanish American War. 1898. Web. 14. Oct. 2013
 The united states after it’s war against spain, took complete control over certain smaller countries. They stopped spains reign over cuba and started to grow a relationship with asia. It was both strategic and also economical, it was good for them so they can have stronger allies and would’t need to worry about being under attack or threaten with the more numbers picking up for them. This war happened for the independence of cuba and the united states wasn’t going to stand there letting spain get control over it. All the united states wanted was to keep a “stable government” and wanted to “maintain order” to keep cuba the way they were. It’s always about power different countries are looking for.



pbs.org. The Spanish-American War in the Philippines. Web. 14. Oct. 2013
   Some people may see it as a “little war” that it didn’t mean much but there was so much to it. There was always something that was going on, the different battles that was going on during the war. Like the war for the Philippines. Yea, it was all about the smaller countries, Guam, Puerto rico etc. President Roosevelt played a big role during the war, but the focus wasn’t on him and he wasn’t the one in charge. A man by the name of MacArthur had total control of the operation and went to war with the philippines. The biggest turn out was that he lost the true cause of the war and was doing things for personal reasons. But right after that he went straight into an investigation of trying to figure out the political scheme behind the philippines. 


Rogers, Gayle. "Restaging The Disaster: Dos Passos And National Literatures After The     Spanish-American War." Journal Of Modern Literature 36.2 (2013): 61-79. Academic     Search Complete. Web. 15 Oct. 2013.
  Rogers’ “Restaging The Disaster: Dos Passos and National Literatures After The Spanish American War” is giving is different in take of it and expressing what he felt was right to write about. He avoided all the things that were needed to deal with war and wrote the literature and what he saw in spain when he went over there. Not everything has to do with war, everybody body needs to see the true meaning and what they are missing out while other countries are fighting it out for their own reasons. And he saw a different point of view of things. He realized that spaniards and people from portugal are adventurous and love doing all different types of things.


The Battle of Manila Bay. 2013. The History Channel Website. 13. Oct. 2013
  The battle foe manila bay was a crucial battle, it was like the peak of it all and so many lives were lost that day. A huge explosions happened that killed like 260 crewmembers that day. The ship was destory and some people say the ship there or it’s just a rumor the united states told just to have a reason to start the war. Whatever people say or even rumors, there have been evidence and pictures of the ship still being there in the bay. Either the war happened with the bay being attacked or not.

Wetzel, Benjamin J. "Onward Christian Soldiers: Lyman Abbott's Justification Of The     Spanish-American War." Journal Of Church & State 54.3 (2012): 406-425. Academic     Search Complete. Web. 15 Oct. 2013.
  In this article, Wetzel looks into cuba and their situation and was really happened to them. Before everything started. They were already in a crisis and had problems coming at them left and right. In the year, 1878 they had only one rebellion but they got eliminated and always have been targets to be control by the other larger countries. In 1895, they tried to over throw the people that were controlling them but their attack wasn’t successful. And that kinda of lead them to almost being controlled by Spain.  He felt that the united states was a tool to the plans of god, as if all of it was step up and bound to happen. And that it was meant to happen. Everything happens for a reason and in different situations cuba was in the middle of everything.

Henfry Alvarez research proposal

The United States has had its fair share of battles having so many different types of wars with other countries. Throughout all of these wars, the United States has always been considered the good guys, defending what's theirs and while protecting other countries. The Spanish American war is seen as the total opposite, this time the United States was portrayed as the bad guy. Reports say the United States tried to take control against vulnerable countries, such as Puerto Rico, because they wanted them to be under their rule. The United States wanted to get more power, which is the reason why   they had a total of three battles throughout the span of the war. There was the battle of the Philippines, the battle of Santiago de Cuba and the battle for Manila bay. These three critical battles were the key to the war and the United States victory. Just because the United States kind of overtook some smaller countries to have a certain type of insurance, doesn't really make  them out to be the bad guys throughout the war. There were other reason as to why the war occurred, such as the fact that Spain didn't want to make a commitment with the United States. They broke off a diplomatic relation and it was disputed about Cuba's independence. So there are different reasons, motivations and causes in regards to why the United States went to war with Spain. But the main focus was all about power and the United States didn't want to lose any of it.salamatm66@gmail.com

Throughout my research topic, I so far have three sources for my topic. One of them is a timeline of events of what happened during the war, important dates, etc. The other source I have is a someone's opinion of what he thinks why the Spanish American war. And my last source for now is a informative paper of the history. So my paper is going to be informative/analysis.