Answer:
e) Spain's willingness to negotiate
Step-by-step explanation:
American and and Spanish war was a war that could have been aviodable if not for the series of unfortunate events that leds towards it happening. This war was triggered as a result of the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898.
Spain's willingness to negotiate was never a reason to engage in the war. The treaty of peace was rather signed between the Americans and the Spanish in Paris on December 10, 1898.