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Why was the U.S. concerned about Spains role in Cuba?

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The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895. ... Humanitarian concern for the suffering Cubans was added to the traditional American sympathy for a colonial people struggling for independence.

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