HIST 2057 Chapter : The American Empire Part 2
Document Summary
Latin america: role of sugar is equivalent to oil today. The native cubans rebel against spanish rule in 1868 right after the american civil war. Goes on for about 10 years before spaniards final agree to some reforms, they still have the island in their control. However the cubans make two demands: one is that they want an end to slavery on the island. Spain theoretically agrees to these things but they wait another ten years until they actually free the slaves. During this period that american investment in cuba begins to grow rapidly. Those american planters in 1890 are able to convince the. American govt to drop the duty on imported sugar. They did this previously to protect american users on the market. Devastates hawaii industry but makes a boom for cuban industry because they can now import their sugar into the us. Most of the wealth being generated by cuban sugar industry is given to.
