What do the U.S. military interventions in Cuba and the Philippines reveal about the goals of U.S. foreign policy?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. The economic goal of U.S. foreign policy was to capture foreign markets for American manufactured goods.
b. The treaty that ended the Spanish-American War liberated Cuba from Spanish control, thereby opening the Cuban market to American products.
c. The treaty also transferred control of the Philippines and Puerto Rico to the United States, thereby opening those markets to American goods.
d. American intervention in Cuba was also motivated by humanitarianism; many Americans were troubled by the treatment of Cubans under Spanish rule.
e. Americans also believed that the spread of American influence would have a civilizing effect on Cuba and the Philippines.
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