US bully Spanish and Mexican

A Peoples Problem Both the Mexican War and the Spanish American War were caused by an outcry by the American people. The Mexican War could have been avoided if America’s ideals of expansion did not dwarf Mexico’s right to their land. Be it through Manifest Destiny as it was in the Mexican War or with the new ideas of imperialism in the Spanish-American war. The thing that had the most influence on the …

…and the Spanish-American War. The settling of Texas and other western areas played a major role in the war that would be fought between America and Mexico. In the same way, the ideas of imperialism sanctioned a big country like America to take control over a weaker country like Cuba. So throughout these wars America proved that they were superior countries, but in doing battle with inferior armies are you truly a first class country.