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I think the Spanish American war was justified. In document 6 it explain that presidents thought we shouldn't go to war but went because it would help the americans.

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The Spanish were justified because in document 6 it shows a letter that has all the details to all the things that had happened to the Spanish at this time.

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I think the Spanish American war was justified. As there are many reasons such as in document 6 there is war letter that explains all of the things that happened or the USS Maine exploding in the harbor in cuba.

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I think the Spanish American war was very justified. There are reasons that people would've claimed it wasn't but the war letter from document 6 explains it all. It shows that the president even thought we shouldn't have war at first but he took the time to think about what would benefit us and help the Americans which ended up being the choice of having war.

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i think the spanish american war was going to happen because in document 5 it says ¨the right to intervene may be justified by the very serious injury to commerce, trade, and business of our people.¨ this means everything that has happened is making other people suffer for what the spaniards are doing, and that's not right. they have ti go to war to resolve this.

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The Spanish-American war was not justified because source 4 states the explosion was considered an accident. Other people think it was on purpose.

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I think the spanish american war was not justified because the threats should not have been handled with war but in slide 3 is says they didn't have evidence for the cause of the war.

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The Spanish American War was justified because not only did we have to protect ourselves we also had to protect our citizens. Although many it shows in doc #1 & #2 many cubans went to camps and over half most likely died.

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The Spanish–American War was a period of armed conflict between Spain and the United States. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.

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I think the Spanish American War was not justified because if you look back at document 3 it says that u.s and Cuba were both depended on the land and this caused an issue the Spanish made assumptions and made lots more assumptions over time and they don't have evidence to support there reasonings.

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I think the Spanish War was not justified. I think this because there were many other options for the Americans that were in Cuba and all the threats and messages should have no been handled with war. Slide 3 it explains that also they did not have any evidence for the cause of war.

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considering all of the evidence we were given, no, the war was not justified. There was not enough evidence to prove the Spanish guilty. For example in source 4 it states that the explosion was considered an accident while others believed it occurred on purpose. Although cuba treated the americans horribly I still think it is unjustified.

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The spanish american was not justified because in document 5 the president himself wasn't even sure if they should go to war. Document 3 also shows that Americans themselves were not sure who destroyed the U.S.S Maine.

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The spanish american was not justified because in document 5 the president himself wasn't even sure if they should go to war. Document 3 also shows that Americans themselves were not sure who destroyed the U.S.S Maine.

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The Spanish American war was justified because the majority of the slides explain why it was justified. Although it was justified the president did not want to go to war but once he took a step back and looked at all the benefits it would give us he reconsidered his decision and we went to war with the spanish.

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i feel like the Spanish was justified because everyone came together and was civil.

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The war was not justified because first, the ship could have just been a terrible accident having nothing to do with the Spanish. Secondly, it was Spanish business, not our business. A document that supports my arguments is document 4 stating "Captain Schuley, who knows a great deal about warships, did not entertain the idea that the Maine had been destroyed on purpose. He said that fires would sometimes start in the coal bunkers, and he told of such a fire on board another warship that started very close to the magazine." That is why I think the war was not justified.

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The spanish american was not justified because in document 5 the president himself wasn't even sure if they should go to war. Document 3 also shows that Americans themselves were not sure who destroyed the U.S.S Maine.

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I think the Spanish American war was justified. Many others would say otherwise but slide 6 explains exactly why this war was justified. The president didnt want to have a war and thought it was wrong but after putting some thinking into this war and realized how much it would benefit us . This is later what lead to us having the Spanish American war.

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i think the United States should have gone to war because, it could help solve a lot of problems. Like the abuse towards Cuba by their government, and protecting the america trade and American lives. Document 6 supports this.

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no i think the untied states shouldnt have gone to war because slide 5 says that the president tried so hard to not get into war. The president is a civil war veteran and didnt wanna go into war because he doesnt want the country to see how bad it is.

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The war was justified because Spain put Americans lives in danger and blew up navy ships.
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The spanish american war wasn't justified because in slide 5 the general knew a lot of warships and stuff so they didn't have a lot of supplies for it there is no way they could of set fire if there wasn't enough supplies

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Yes the spanish american war was justified because in document 1 and 2 it shows that they put the cubains through and made them go to camps which most of them would end up dying.

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yes, Because when the spanish wanted land from the Cubans our american shops were being attacked and slowly involved americans plus the Cubans asked for our help against the Spanish

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The Spanish American War was justified because we had to protect our citizens. American citizens were already getting killed within Cuban protests against the Spanish government.  Cubans were also heavily mistreated under Spain's rule. In document 1, Senator Redfield traveled to Cuba and claimed he saw half a million Cubans under roofless shelters. This was all a result of Spain's cruelty. We owe it to universal morality and these people to defend them against Spain's cruelty.

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I think the Spanish-American war was not justified because there were other options for war and there was no horror. I got this from slide 7

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I believe that the spanish american war was right because they would keep on lying and destroying american properties in Cuba. Also they destroyed a ship the U.S.S Maine we destroyed in the harbor on purpose by cuba why i feel this is correct for the americans to have war on Cuba is on you can find more of the information on slide 3 and 4 this explains why they raged war for destroying U.S. property.

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considering all of the evidence we were given, no, the war was not justified. There was not enough evidence to prove the Spanish guilty. For example in source 4 it states that the explosion was considered an accident while others believed it occurred on purpose. Although cuba treated the americans horribly I still think it is unjustified.

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No because on side 3 and 6 they didn’t give that much evidence to why they shouldn’t started a war

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The Spanish American War wasn't justified because in the slide 5 says that "He knew a lot about warships and sometimes fires start in the coal bunkers, and the cubans or spanish didn’t have the equipment to set fire to it." The spanish didn't do it but also that sometimes it can set fire, but also the spanish didn't have the equipment and stuff for it.

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Yes, I think the United States should have gone to war with Spain. As according to document 2, they wanted the Spanish supplies and didn’t want the Spanish people to use their supplies to have the upperhand. In document 1, it also talked about the Spanish harming Cubans and killing them, which is enough reason for war.

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Yes they should have because this is supported in Slide 4.

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we should not go to war with spain because first we don't have proof that they blew up our ship. but again i think they do need a war because they are getting abused.

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American shouldnt go to war with spain because slide 5 shows that he went through alot and they didnt really do anything to desevre it.

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It was justified because we had to protect our citizens and trade. We owed it to the Cuban citizens to help them because they didn't have a government that would help them. this is supported by Slide 6.  Slide 6 supports my claim because it demonstrates how President McKinley wanted to protect American citizens, trade, and even Cuban citizens due to the fact that Cuba's government wouldn't do it, all while not wanting to start a war.

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I do believe that we should have gone to war because there were many Americans living there whose businesses were caught in the middle of a very bloody battle (Slide 3 U.S. Businesses). According to President Mckinley on slide 6 War Message he wanted to protect the people of Cuba that were being persecuted by their country. They killed off the Cubans because the camps the Spanish forced them into could not support the high amount of people so over 400,000 starved to death (Slide 2 Cuban revolution).

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America should have not gone to war with Spain. I think this because they had no evidence that spain exploded the US maine, supported in slide 5

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i do believe that we should have gone to war because the government officials is mistreating their people and americans

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they should of gone to war becasue spain started to attack the maine and are bnisses started to fal including it put americans live in danger

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I think that considering all the evidence, the united states should have gone to war because of slide 4.

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Yes they should have gone into war because slide number 6 says that they did not want to go to war unless it was absolutely needed, which it was.

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I think that considering all of the evidence, the united states shouldve went to war because, spain kept pushing and pushing putting so many lives at risk in america. support this

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The spanish american war was unjustified because there was not enough evidence to be proven guilty. According to document 4 the boat explosion was a " accident " because they did not think Spain had the supplies to that much damage.

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The spanish american war was not justified because they have stated that the boat exploding was an accident and it was not on purpose.

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The Spanish American War was justified because they treated Cuba citizens terribly including Americans living there and they also need to protect their trade since Spanish was ruining it and affecting it. I know this because slide 6 talks about why president McKinley thought they should go to war.

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The Spanish-American war was unjustified because there was not enough evidence proving the spanish to be guilty. According to document 4 the boat explosion was most likely an accident and the spanish did not have the proper equipment to blow up a ship.

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I believe that the Spanish American War is not justified. According to slide 5, there is more evidence that proves the boat exploding was most likely an accident. The Spanish did not have enough resources to blow up a ship.

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I believe that we shouldn't go to war with Spain because a lot of things were blown out of proportion or being ignored and as a lot of people believed they don't need more land- slide 7

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i think that we should have gone to war i say this because in slide 6, it says that the president was going to war for three reasons. one is because americans need saved. this means that americans need help and not just the cubans

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I believe it was justified because we were trying to help our own people and protect their lives - slide 3

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I don't think that we should go to war, there were many concerns on the motives for starting the war, as in the U.S.S Maine.  There would be many deaths in this war, this would be too big a price to pay for faulty motives. (slide 5 of Iron Chef)             -Emmanuel   

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I don't think that we should go to war, there were many concerns on the motives for starting the war, as in the U.S.S Maine.  There would be many deaths in this war, this would be too big a price to pay for faulty motives. (slide 5 of Iron Chef)             -Emmanuel   

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Yes the U.S. should go to war because on slide #6 war message it showed that they were hinting out that they wanted to go to war.

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I think in some ways it is justified and in some ways its not. I think it would be justified though because in document 2 they were fighting for there supplies and there people.

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I believe that the Spanish American War was justified because it was hurting American businesses and their lives. In the document 2 it talks about how the American businesses are being impacted by the war going on around them.

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I think the Spanish American war was very justified. There are reasons that people would've claimed it wasn't but the war letter from document 6 explains it all. It shows that the president even thought we shouldn't have war at first but he took the time to think about what would benefit us and help the Americans which ended up being the choice of having war.

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Yes because they destroyed american property and also was violating laws of the US. According to the USS Maine, it states the boat was destoryed and that boat is US Property.

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I believe that it wasn't justified because the uss maine sunk, and thats a reason it started but we arent even sure it was spain. document 3.

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I believe that America did not need to go to war with Spain. Document 3 shows us that the U.S.S Maine was destroyed. It suggests that the Spanish somehow made it explode. Document four shows that the explosion could have been an accident. There was not enough evidence to support a war with Spain.

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Yes, I think the US was in the right to start a war with spanish. Although Cuba's problems don't have anything to do with us; the people worry about Cuba because of the many people that have been lost there. The US has to listen to their people and if the people want to help Cuba the government is supposed to listen, otherwise they would be going back on their word. Not only that but Americans and their businesses are there and they too would be in danger. Document 1 and 2 support my reasoning.

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I don't think it was justified because there was not enough evidence that they blew up the ships. document 3

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I do not agree with going to war for barely any truthful evidence. In document 3 "Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine" the newspaper over exaggerated it and blew it out of proportion even when there was real evidence that could have been considered.

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The spanish american was not justified becuase in doucment 5 the president himslef wasnt even sure if they should go to war. Doucment 3 also shows that americans themselves werent sure who dstyored the U.S.S Maine.

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I think we should go to war the spain destroyed a the U.S.S maine in document 3

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I don't think the Spanish American War was justified because it was in a different country and there was not enough evidence to prove Spain made the uss maine explode. This is in document 3.

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No because in document 3 it interrupts how they do not have evidence and they are just making assumptions and guesses because they see spanish as enemies.

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The spanish american war was not justified because there was no evidence spain blew up the ship. doc 4

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they shouldn't go to war because in document 2 they would get caught in the crossfire

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Yes because they were hurting people and places and the mericans wanted to help out Doc. 1

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The spanish american war was not justified because there wasn't evidence that spain blew up the ship. doc 4

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yes i think it was justified because of the way they were treating cubans in document 1 it gives way cubans were treated poorly by spain.

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Yes, I think the war is jutified beacuse of the way they were treating the cubans. Document number . Document one states that the Cubans were treated very poorly by spain.

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No Because in document number 6 It states that we shouldn't take over other countries and fight them for their land because that's not okay or all right

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I believe that they should go to war. In document 2 it says that american businessmen get caught in the crossfire, it puts innocent lives in danger.

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I strongly believe the war was justified. I believe this because the harsh ways they were treating the cubans also american lives and businesses were in harms way in cuba with the spanish coming through destroying cuban supplies and businesses. In document 1 it was saying how poorly the cubans were being treated.

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they werent sure if the spanish even destroyed the U.S.S Maine so i feel like it wasnt justified.

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No the war was not justified as we had very little reasons to fight in the war. document #3 supports my reasoning because there isn't evidence to go to war as they have not done anything to us.

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Yes the spanish american war was justified because in document 1 and 2 it shows that they put the cubains through and made them go to camps which most of them would end up dying.

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It is justified because the cubans needed help because innocents were getting killed off and hurt. Doc 1.

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I feel like it wasn't justified because in Document 3 they weren't even sure if the Spanish even destroyed the U.S.S Maine.

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The Spanish- American War was not justified because they put to many peoples lives in danger and did not think about real evidence to why they should go to war with Spain. Document 4 shows how americans were angry and were just ready to go to war.

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I don't think we should have gone to war with Spain and stayed in our own business. First we blamed them for something they probably didn't do with the U.S.S Maine. The 6th document talks about the Anti-imperialist League which is right that we are supposed to stay out of other countries' business. In this situation we should do what they believe because we aren't involved at all really.

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yes because spain made the us maine go boom boom boom in the water and it was in document number three

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The Spanish American War. - Hannah Bender

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The Spanish American War. - Hannah Bender

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Yes the war was justified. In Document 5 President McKinley stated 3 pieces of evidence why we should help Cuba fight Spain. " in the cause of humanity and to put an end to the barbarities, bloodshed, starvation, and horrible miseries now existing there," President McKinley.

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I believe the war is justified due to the loss in the economy for the Cubans

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Yes because they were a very harmful place and the US wanted to jump in to help out. doc 1

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yes I think it was justified because of the way they were treating cubans, in document 1 it gives way Cubans were treated poorly by spain.

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Yes, the Spanish American War is Justified. The Spanish were mistreating both Cubans and Americans. Starting with Document 1 where General Valeriano Weyler implemented the  “Reconcentration Policy” which sent Cubans to concentration camps. In addition, Document 1 talks about how American businesses got caught up in the issue between Cuba and Spain resulting in American lives also being endangered. (I prefer peace over war, but it was justifiable as to why they did).

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The spanish American war was not justified because we didn't have any right to blame the ship exploding on the spanish when there was no way the spanish could have been involved. Document 4 explained how there were fires in the coal place a lot on the ship.

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it made it involved by making americans lives in stake and blew up our ships
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yes on document 1 and 2 because the american people and businesses are in danger

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it was they took supplies and they killed american soldiers

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no they should not because spain did not blow up the americans ship

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I think that it was justified because the war was needed. Document one supports the reasoning that cubans were mistreated by spain.

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I would say yes. According to the War Message slide, President McKinely explains in detail how the people have to come first. We had to protect peoples lives, property, and rights.

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Yes because they took our supplies and also killed the soldiers when they were non-defensive c auses conflict.