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===Transition (as US colony)===

===Transition (as US colony)===

By 1895 it took 200,000 Spanish soldiers to suppress another Cuban independence movement.{{fact}} Americans were shocked at how Spain sent tens of thousands of Cubans to concentration camps, where many died of starvation or disease. After increasing tension between the United States and Spain.  When the USS Maine blew up while docked in Cuba, Spain was blamed and the United States declared the Spanish American War.  President McKinley approved this Resolution of Congress:  

By 1895 200,000 Spanish soldiers were in Cuba.<ref>Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979, Pg 908</ref> Americans were shocked at how Spain sent tens of thousands of Cubans to concentration camps, where many died of starvation or disease. After increasing tension between the United States and Spain.  When the USS Maine blew up while docked in Cuba, Spain was blamed and the United States declared the Spanish American War.  President McKinley approved this Resolution of Congress:  

:Whereas the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States, have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, in the destruction of a United States battle ship, with 266 of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana, and cannot longer be endured ...

:Whereas the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States, have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, in the destruction of a United States battle ship, with 266 of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana, and cannot longer be endured ...

:Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives ... That the people of the island of Cuba are and of right ought to be free.

:Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives ... That the people of the island of Cuba are and of right ought to be free.

However, per the treaty, Cuba would serve 20 years as an [[United States]] territory.  

However, per the treaty, Cuba would serve 20 years as an [[United States]] territory.

 

===Independence===

===Independence===

[[Theodore Roosevelt]], who succeeded McKinley, abandoned the 20 year deal and Cuba became an independent nation in [[1901]], on the condition that the United States would keep [[Guantanamo Bay]].

[[Theodore Roosevelt]], who succeeded McKinley, abandoned the 20 year deal and Cuba became an independent nation in [[1901]], on the condition that the United States would keep [[Guantanamo Bay]].