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The Spanish American War started in large part as a response to the Cuban struggle for independence, which began in 1895. The United States had large business investments in Cuba which garnered over $100 million a year. The revolution was vastly destructive to these investments. Furthermore, the Spanish reprisals against the Cuban populace garnered a lot of sympathy in the US.