Why didn't the USA annex Cuba after beating Spain? (Short Animated History Documentary)
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Жыл бұрынAfter winning the Spanish-American war in 1898, the United States annexed a bunch of Spain's overseas colonies. Yet, in spite of the war starting over Cuba, the US didn't take it for its own. So why not? Why didn't the United States annex Cuba? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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@throckmortonvanhouten5430 Жыл бұрын
"The United States had gained most of the advantages of annexation without any of the costs" That's such a good way to summarize it all. It reminds me of why the USSR didn't annex Mongolia. Great video and great question like always!
@francesco8000 Жыл бұрын
Well there is an advantage that was lost: it wasn't permanent. An annexation would have been more expensive and took more effort but today the US would have another state (who am i kidding, they would have never given statehood to a fully hispanic island).
@skeleex Жыл бұрын
@@francesco8000 yes but keep in mind hawaii was a largely native held land but was changed through centuries of immigration from the mainland, so cuba wouldve had large scale american immigration
@tranbaohoangvu9464 Жыл бұрын
You can't really compare Cuba with Mongolia, because Mongolia is a buffer state between China and USSR.
@deleted-something Жыл бұрын
Lol
@conejitorosada2326 Жыл бұрын
@@skeleex Yeah, it DID have large Natives but considering that the missionaries were on total control of the Island and the population was.. decreasing, it wasn't much worry. Though, one thing could be is that they're natives, they're not Hispanics or white people so the USA could allow to discriminate against them in the disguise of "civilization" but can't say the same for Hispanics or White people.
@TransformersBoss Жыл бұрын
The Philippines: “we’re saved!” USA: “I wouldn’t say that… more like: under new management!”
@DomWeasel Жыл бұрын
USA: We bring you an exciting new idea; concentration camps! We got the idea from our British cousins, but like all things 'Murican; ours are bigger and better!
@Banned_and_Redacted Жыл бұрын
in this world you either are an empire or are part of someone else's
@boobah5643 Жыл бұрын
@@DomWeasel No, the term _concentration camp_ was invented to refer to Spanish camps set up in Cuba in the 1870s. The American camps in the Philippines and the British camps in South Africa both happened more or less at the same time.
@spartanx9293 Жыл бұрын
Wait 48 more years until then you've got two brutal occupations to sit through
@DomWeasel Жыл бұрын
@@boobah5643 Technically, the Spanish invented the term but concentrating populations under armed guard in slum conditions has existed for thousands of years.
@shashwatshukla181 Жыл бұрын
The "Fun Fact : No" never gets old Love it.
@douglasboyle6544 Жыл бұрын
Same with "Soon"
@diegobriseno7395 Жыл бұрын
Lol! True!
@devilhunter1555 Жыл бұрын
I think it was more thr Philippine rebels helped the US army against the Spanish and then the US betrayed their alliance. Check and correct Me if I'm wrong
@amplesstratleholm7609 Жыл бұрын
@@devilhunter1555 just to add, the Filipinos saw the US soldiers as allies because the Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo (who was sent in exile) has struck a deal with the US. The US forces betrayed Aguinaldo and company during the Battle of Manila Bay (a phony fight between the US and Spanish Navies where the Filipino forces were forbidden to enter the fortress of Intramuros), starting the Filipino-American War.
@devilhunter1555 Жыл бұрын
@@amplesstratleholm7609 Thx for adding. Says the ancient yet subtle lesson in history, never trust an outsider to give you a better future unless it's in the interest of their future
@prodigymapping4891 Жыл бұрын
“which will cause no issues in the future” Sums up American-Cuban relations pretty well
@delarkaBCN Жыл бұрын
thats what happens when you sponsor dictators....
@capncake8837 Жыл бұрын
Sums up all international relations pretty well.
@picklewithinternet2254 Жыл бұрын
The whole thing just makes you wonder what if the US took Cuba
@nathanjmartucci7849 Жыл бұрын
And they all lived happily ever after. The End
@BurkinaFaso69 Жыл бұрын
@John Williamson Lets be honest with ourselves: Africa would´ve probably been way less prosperous, since often times Cuba was one of the few countries to actually give any form of humanitarian aid without exploitation. Just imagine the covid crisis in africa without cuban help, we can all be thankful Cuba is independent.
@itzadam9359 Жыл бұрын
Video idea as a loyal Patreon supporter: Why was Finland 🇫🇮 given autonomy in the Russian Empire?
@UnholyWrath3277 Жыл бұрын
Because finland puts up a fight
@73keton Жыл бұрын
Because they already some when they were under Sweden rule
@UnholyWrath3277 Жыл бұрын
@@Mal101M by the end of the great northern war the area had been quite heavily damaged being a battleground it had already been defeated as part of sweden of course resistance would be softer. This is different then having revolts break out at literally any time of russian weakness which would have been often. Far cheaper to just let them do their own thing
@red_amoguss Жыл бұрын
James Bisonette, is that you?
@jonatanlj747 Жыл бұрын
@@73keton hold on - source? wasn't finland simply the eastern half of sweden, no more autonomous than say västergötland?
@seronymus Жыл бұрын
The Treaty of Paris text at 0:50 was clever and hilarious. Even "to make it easy to differentiate from others" The dry humor is always on point.
@familyandfriends3519 Жыл бұрын
Treaty of Paris states Cuba gets independence from Spain this video is pointless
@seronymus Жыл бұрын
@@familyandfriends3519 no u
@TheRealMycanthrope Жыл бұрын
@@familyandfriends3519 nigga you pointless
@johndaily263 Жыл бұрын
I just wish they’d ask me to proofread. “Posession” argh.
@ghoulrush Жыл бұрын
Especially because in other videos of his, the Treaty of Paris begins with those same words XD
@CommanderWolf888 Жыл бұрын
"But the truth didn't really matter, it was time for war" is such a hilarious yet scarily true line, not just for this war, but many others.
@lampionmancz Жыл бұрын
I love the fact that the US told Portugal that they should give up their colonies that they considered as provinces, all while considering their own colonies as territories and states.
@somezsaltz6835 Жыл бұрын
@@Mo_Mudabber cry
@timmmahhhh Жыл бұрын
@@somezsaltz6835 I do cry as an American that too many of us still Revere tRump.
@bvillafuerte765 Жыл бұрын
@LampionManCZ The elephant talking about ears.
@PolnocMapping Жыл бұрын
@@Mo_Mudabber Actually no.
@DomWeasel Жыл бұрын
@@TheMasonK Yes, nothing says successful conquest like relocating or exterminating the original inhabitants to the point where your colonisers make up 98% of the population and therefore any vote will always be against the wishes of the First Peoples.
@codygates7418 Жыл бұрын
One quick thing the Philippines WASN’T a protectorate it was a government controlled colony between 1898 until 1935 when it became a Commonwealth of the United States which meant it was self governing (the Filipino’s could now vote for their own elected officials), but foreign policy and national security was left to the US (think of the Dominion of Canada and the UK’s relationship) and only got full independence in 1945 at the time when many colonial powers were relinquishing their colonies. Cuba was a protectorate between 1898 and 1902, however in the first Cuban constitution there was a Clause that the United States could reoccupy Cuba if their was a revolt by the people or if national security was at risk. Cuba and much of the Caribbean and Central America were puppets that worked in the United States interests while still being “free” internationally. This was especially true of Haiti that was occupied for 19 years by the United States and was only allowed to pass laws that were looked over by the United State’s government.
@bvillafuerte765 Жыл бұрын
It is one of the reasons why the United States is one of the most powerful empires of the Contemporary Age.
@rembrandt972ify Жыл бұрын
"only got full independence in 1945" 1946
@familyandfriends3519 Жыл бұрын
Cuba got independence from Spain in 1898
@seronymus Жыл бұрын
It was a de facto protectorate. If they operated out of line with what Washington wanted they'd get sacked. A lot like many countries today!
@arthurmoran4951 Жыл бұрын
false the commonwealth was until 1935 not before, it was a colony of the united states as a whole if not why the united states fought a war agisnt with the filipinos killling more than 15% of the population in the prosses, then impose the teaching of the english language?
@chonconnor6144 Жыл бұрын
The scene of the Cuban president holding up a sign marked 'sure' to the US Ambassador with a literal gun to his head made me laugh out loud. Classic.
@liamnixon4428 Жыл бұрын
You actually skipped some historical context: during the 19th century there were proposals to annex Cuba, especially by southern politicians, because they hoped that it could be turned into a slave state (there were lots of slaves there). After the American Civil war, the idea vanished until History Matters covered it.
@familyandfriends3519 Жыл бұрын
And the treaty of Paris states Cuba gets independence from Spain there now you know why USA didn't take it from us
@bluechair9172 Жыл бұрын
It actually makes sense why he did not mention it, as this video only covers why the US did not annex Cuba after the Spanish-American war, three decades after the civil war. So the Southern plan to nab Cuba was long gone by this point.
@sail2byzantium Жыл бұрын
RE: You actually skipped some historical context: IIncorrect (and even illogical) even if true. The video starts its history with "After the United States defeated Spain in the late 19th century . . . " . The context of the Spanish-American War's conclusion and its Treaty of Paris territorial aftermath is the starting point of the video and a perfectly legitimate one esp. as History Matters perefers to keep his videos short. So nothing was skipped . Yes, there were two attempts by the US to buy or otherwise annex Cuba from Spain in 1848 and 1854, the latter known as the Ostend Manifesto (as American diplomats met with European ones to discuss the annexation in Ostend, Belgium--but its communique then exposed caused a major uproar in the northern US and Europe). If this info was some very crucial point whose leaving out distorts what was presented here, making the video guilty of some ideologically slanted bias, you would have a point. But it doesn't, so you don't. From that, I could claim your point also evaded context since American officials were in Belgium to discuss the annexation of Cuba, don't we need a history of Belgium first--esp. as it only become an independent country in 1830, so fitting in the larger 19th century struggles for various forms of independence, incl. the US Civil War? And if that, why not then contextualize this with the history of the French Revolution and Napoleon which ruled Belgian territory from 1794 to 1814, or the long history of prior Spanish rule of the Low Countries, or even a history of the US and its cultural (and temporarily political) seperations into North and South, since the expansion of slavery was a motivating issue that you point out here, etc., etc., etc. You see my point--the starting points of historical events are always somewhat arbitrary and yet have to begin somewhere but not somewhere else, unless if we were always to be precisely literal about not forgetting context in this regard so that every historical happening would have to proceed from the fact of the Big Bang some 14 billion years ago and proceed from there. Tough to do in a 3 minute video. History Matters didn't leave anything out necessary to this video.
@kevincanning3051 Жыл бұрын
It's a 3 minute video. Some things are going to get missed.
@giancarloponce8152 Жыл бұрын
With that logic the us didn’t annex cuba cuz “they felt like it”
@SebastianEncina Жыл бұрын
United States: "we don't do empires here." rest of the world: "uhm..."
@stephenjenkins7971 Жыл бұрын
Rest of the world: "We're proud empires that do genocides all the time" US: "Yesn't"
@balargus319 Жыл бұрын
It's only an empire if you look at it from the perspective of ordinary people, and like, who gives a fk about that except those pesky social historians?
@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing Жыл бұрын
Empire and ultranationalism were aspirations in 1898
@familyandfriends3519 Жыл бұрын
Cuba got independence from Spain
@alanpennie Жыл бұрын
@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing They "took up the white man's burden" in 1898, but put it down again very quickly.
@Rainforestdelight Жыл бұрын
Here’s a good one for a future episode. Why did so many South American countries like Argentina and Chile accepted so many Nazi’s after WWII?
@bvillafuerte765 Жыл бұрын
@Joseph Kopas Correction: WWVIII. In addition, it should also talk about the Nazis who worked in the American government after the war.
@SKa-tt9nm Жыл бұрын
@@bvillafuerte765 oh do shut up.
@biomuseum6645 Жыл бұрын
They had fascist governments
@sisyphusvasilias3943 Жыл бұрын
Peron was a crypto fascist. Chile has a history of military relations with Germany going back to Prussia. (Chile still uses the Wermatch WW2 style helmets) Both countries had large populations of German settlers, especially Menomnites
@Andre-by4su Жыл бұрын
US took the scientists, Russia took the citizens, and South America took the leaders
@marescalona5451 Жыл бұрын
The Philippines was actually turned into a colony by the US, not a protectorate. A protectorate-like status will only be achieved in 1935 with the creation of the Commonwealth, a 10-year “preparatory period” for full independence. It should also be noted that the US-Cuban relations setup from 1902 to 1963 was also used in the Philippines after its independence was declared in 1946. US military bases remained until 1991, Americans held great influence in Philippine economy until 1955, and the country remained firmly under the US sphere of influence throughout the Cold War.
@normalplayer7377 Жыл бұрын
That thumbnail. If I had to sum up why I love History Matters, I'd use that. Keep Up the good work King.
@-et37- Жыл бұрын
ROUGH RIDIN DOWN TO CUBA LIKE “WHAT’S UP BITCHES!?”
@normalplayer7377 Жыл бұрын
@@-et37- Running down to Cuba with the Rough Riders Weigh, me boys, to Cuba! Running down to Cuba
@normalplayer7377 Жыл бұрын
@@-et37- I keep my rhymes pure like my food and drugs!
@familyandfriends3519 Жыл бұрын
No he forgot to mention Cuba was already independent from Spain the signing of the treaty of Paris says Cuba gets independence from Spain but will be occupied until a official government is installed
@normalplayer7377 Жыл бұрын
@@familyandfriends3519 He is a king and he did a good job. Therefore, you are wrong.
@bobbyd.roberson5588 Жыл бұрын
That McKinley assassination animation though... 🤣🤣🤣
@HelithaGM Жыл бұрын
"Cuba had to agree to some punishing demands including never making friends with any enemy of the United States." That aged well.
@matthew1776-t1c Жыл бұрын
Also Cuba,since 1959: Friends with: Russia,China,North Korea,Serbia,Syria,Palestine, Iran,Vietnam, Venezuela,Nicaragua
@HelithaGM Жыл бұрын
@@matthew1776-t1c lol, so true.
@EroUsagiSama 10 ай бұрын
Well, free Cuba wanted to be friendly with the USA, but then they tried to invade so they were forced to get closer to the USSR for protection.
@Asssmackerrodriguez 6 ай бұрын
Expected, if you saw fear you'll inevitably rip hatred.
@flutee6162 Жыл бұрын
2:54 The 'Rebuild San Francisco' plan is a reference to the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake that destroyed 80 percent of the city. Nice addition
@sharkronical Жыл бұрын
"Never making friends with the enemy of USA" Boy did that work out
@jamescaron6465 Жыл бұрын
I knew Roosevelt had no interest in the annex of Cuba, but I didn’t know the rest of the details. This was very well done.
@familyandfriends3519 Жыл бұрын
Cuba was already independent from Spain after the treaty of Paris was signed
@arthurmoran4951 Жыл бұрын
@@familyandfriends3519 it was agreed with the united states to give independence to cuba during the treaty of paris not before
@familyandfriends3519 Жыл бұрын
@@arthurmoran4951 not the USA Spain It clearly states it USA only occupied it
@familyandfriends3519 Жыл бұрын
@@arthurmoran4951 after treaty of Paris was signed Cuba got independence from Spain after that USA will occupy it unitl 1902
@NIDELLANEUM Жыл бұрын
If you think about it, there must have been some people who saw this war happen and then, 60 years later, as elders, witnessed the Cuban Missile Crisis. Curious how those events have occurred within one lifetime, but seem to belong to different eras altogether
@FKHC2005 Жыл бұрын
always love reading the headlines in the newspaper.
@FKHC2005 Жыл бұрын
man invents barcode, isn't much use right now (and below is a barcode)
@ivancho5854 Жыл бұрын
It should cost 2¢ though. 😉
@brianblackberry6315 Жыл бұрын
The Teddy Roosevelt thumbnail for this video alone mad the whole thing worth it.
@bigbloopboy8892 Жыл бұрын
The US-Philippines relationship has really been a doozy. 1898-US kicks out Spain from the Philippines 1899-US claims the Philippines as its own 1899-1902-Philippino guerilla fighters fight US rule 1941-1944-Philippinos join forces with US Marines to defeat the Japanese 1946-Philippines gain independence Present-Philippines ally with US Navy to counter CCP
@harveya1a952 Жыл бұрын
It’s because James Bisonette lived in Cuba
@Breakfast_of_Champions Жыл бұрын
Him and Kelly Moneymaker did a number on the yanks.
@ahsdjasashdahs9940 Жыл бұрын
Spinning three plates might have something to do with it
@SKa-tt9nm Жыл бұрын
Spencer Lightfoot - Canadian legend Gordon Lightfoot’s father - interjected between Cuba and the US and changed history.
@flawyerlawyertv7454 Жыл бұрын
Lol 🤣
@BartlomiejDmowski Жыл бұрын
Like Ernest Hemingway?
@bendover1008 Жыл бұрын
This guy has taught me more history than school
@howiehall4622 Жыл бұрын
Hey Ben! Are you friends with Mike Hunt?
@bendover1008 Жыл бұрын
@@howiehall4622 indeed I am.
@InvadeleYogurt Жыл бұрын
Thing was in school it was called history class, but here it's History Matters
@superslayerguy Жыл бұрын
C'mon City
@bezerkoid Жыл бұрын
@bendover1008 do you know a guy called Mike Hoochi-Sangri?
@maybegamer24 Жыл бұрын
the cold war would have been so much different if this happened
@IsaaacWithThreeA Жыл бұрын
Yes
@bvillafuerte765 Жыл бұрын
That conflict was the ninth world war.
@osheridan Жыл бұрын
@@bvillafuerte765 you're the ninth world war
@bvillafuerte765 Жыл бұрын
@@osheridan No, we are currently experiencing the tenth and eleventh world war.
@SKa-tt9nm Жыл бұрын
@@bvillafuerte765 you are experiencing your 10th and 11th mental breakdown.
@akend4426 Жыл бұрын
0:32 “Man buys horseless carriage. ‘It has nothing to do with Satan I swear.’” I love the little details in the newspapers!
@mattdavis9601 Жыл бұрын
People wouldn't be asking if he hadn't bought a Dodge Demon.
@estreet83 Жыл бұрын
Philippines: Give us independence! US: No, and I will fight you. US a few decades later: Okay fine.
@potato88872 Жыл бұрын
And one japanes vacation later
@connorhoffman4760 Жыл бұрын
@Landon Funny that the US was extremely popular in the Phillipines after ww2.. Wasn't exactly 50 years of fighting.
@mrfredguapito Жыл бұрын
@@connorhoffman4760 Stockholm Syndrome 😉
@KevinDavis338 Жыл бұрын
We were going to give them Independence, but WWII kinda delayed things a bit.
@doujinflip Жыл бұрын
Right, there were questions back in the States about the whole relationship especially after the Great War, and The Great Depression pushed things further intothe 1935 decision to make it a Commonwealth and cut loose in 10 years. Japan delayed that independence by a year.
@Scattaman-Priest Жыл бұрын
A Monroe Doctrine short would be a nice follow up to this. You kind of teased it towards the end. As always keep making these great learning tools!
@fullcirclehistory Жыл бұрын
Philippines: You have freed us! United States: Oh, I wouldn’t say “freed”, more like “under new management.”
@Hirohito_iLoveYou Жыл бұрын
@2:43 “The new Cuba government agreed” lmao with a gun pointed to his head 😂
@corymorimacori1059 Жыл бұрын
0:14 “You look like a mix of EpicLloyd and a Pringle’s packet!” Winston Churchill
@TheRennes1997 Жыл бұрын
More and more people are becoming aware of what happened to The Philippines post Spain. Hope to see a future video of the Philippine American War.
@Fenrisson Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love to pause and ready the contents of your treaties.
@pokehybridtrainer Жыл бұрын
Learned more from this series than in High School. Good stuff.
@bvillafuerte765 Жыл бұрын
So the school education in your country must be terrible because in mine we analyze that from primary school.
@Ciridan Жыл бұрын
@@bvillafuerte765 I assume you're from Spain. Here in the US the war is little more than a footnote in history, plus it would seem like bragging/gloating with how one-sided it was
@pokehybridtrainer Жыл бұрын
@@Ciridan Yeah, HS World History in the US is more like quick footnotes with zero nuances.
@familyandfriends3519 Жыл бұрын
Are you sure I mean he didn't mention what treaty of Paris did which says Cuba gets independence from Spain there that's the reason why USA didn't annexed it and where only occupied until a official government was installed
@craydussy Жыл бұрын
Nope, you just paid attention to this video, while you didn't in school
@TheFrenchClipper Жыл бұрын
0:31 I always stop to read the newspapers, and those are always a treat
@macsenplays Жыл бұрын
Good honest summation of the run-up to the Spanish-American War.
@planescaped Жыл бұрын
0:49 having the US trooper holding a Krag Jorgenson is such a crazy level of detail. :P
@jeg5gom Жыл бұрын
I've learned the bestest part of your videos is to zoom in and read all the text of your treaties and docs!!😂😅🤣👍 0:50 2:14
@Zimisce85 Жыл бұрын
A suggestion for a future video. Why was the Island of Elba chosen for Napoleon to rule after his first demise? The question is double-sided. 1) Why the great powers decided to grant him any land at all. 2) If they had good reasons to do so, and they wanted to be an isolated island, why not Corse? It would had made sense to strip France of something (I know Talleyrand argumented against it, but it still was a relatively recent acquisition). If Corse was too big, or the population too close to Napoleon, why not Cephalonia and/or some the other Greek Ionic island, just very recently left without leadership, because of the dissolution of the Serene Republic?
@dapperbunch5029 Жыл бұрын
This is epic
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions Жыл бұрын
That sounds like an interesting question! Now, I am wondering why Elba, specifically, became the place of Napoleon's first exile. Thanks for the suggestion!
@MilesLoden-vn6wr 10 ай бұрын
Who thinks that the US would regret not annexing Cuba now?
@juanrosales7767 Ай бұрын
Cuba would have been another Puerto Rico. Cuban Missile Crisis would have never happened and likely Fidel Castro would have never happened as well. As an American, I love this alternate scenario.
@blakecampbell-taylor2865 Ай бұрын
Fidel probably would have become a famous American politician, maybe even a president. Ironic
@geckoman1011 27 күн бұрын
And even more so now.
@danielforget9311 Жыл бұрын
Finally !!! I love this channel (watch at least one video per day), but there was one problem, he spoke too fast, so i set up the speed at .75 and its simple normal voice and speed. Now i can really enjoy the channel.
@ljphoenix4341 Жыл бұрын
Love the newspaper at 0:31, a great addition to the video!
@HeisenbergFam Жыл бұрын
This is my trusted source to study history, thank you for 6 years of YT service
@cfiber_inc Жыл бұрын
Waltah what are you doing here waltah
@donpollo3154 Жыл бұрын
Back from watching isorrow eh?
@TheTrex9000 Жыл бұрын
Jesse we need to watch History Matters
@jalawami Жыл бұрын
Newspapers never disappoint: "Very convenient, though" 😂
@reallightfield5314 Жыл бұрын
I am once again shouting out the newspaper in the video which has actual hilarious text on it. The gag gets better every time
@DemonetisedZone Жыл бұрын
Pack so much into 3½ minutes, just brilliant 👍
@miladd237 Жыл бұрын
1:19 I was expecting it to be Napoleon
@r.a.acosta6528 Жыл бұрын
1:59. I never knew President McKinley was taken out by a big green dot! Learn something new every day. 🤷🏻♂️
@richardbrennan8910 Жыл бұрын
👍 Love the stealth 1906 reference on the blackboard (2:55): "- Rebuild San Francisco" !!!
@frigginjerk Жыл бұрын
1:58 As a resident of Buffalo, I'm always pleased to see my hometown featured in a video.
@nono_Hoi4 Жыл бұрын
Cuba: so are you gonna annex us? USA: no Cuba: are we free? USA: wellllllllllll
@familyandfriends3519 Жыл бұрын
Cuba got independence from Spain but USA will occupy it so basically USA yes but you will occupied for short while
@arthurmoran4951 Жыл бұрын
@@familyandfriends3519 either way if it was still ocupated by the US so it wasn't a real independence though
@YourVintageStick Жыл бұрын
A question I actually knew! I learned this this year in my AP US history class, thank you though History Matters this is cool
@Will-im6xt Жыл бұрын
Same
@harrynewiss4630 11 ай бұрын
Unsurprising - US 'history' teaching is rarely anything of the sort
@kingslushie1018 Жыл бұрын
Amazing video as always
@lordsiomai Жыл бұрын
I wonder how different the Cold War could've been if Cuba was annexed.
@astroch Жыл бұрын
US navy: we are going to war, but you are not coming. USS Maine : 😮
@Hand-in-Shot_Productions Жыл бұрын
I'm from the United States, and I sometimes wondered why we didn't turn Cuba into a territory, when Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico were annexed. Now, I know: it was because of the work of Representative Teller, encouraged by some who wanted a free Cuba, some who wanted American agriculture to compete with Cuban agriculture, and some who just wanted less blacks and _Latinos_ in the US. Thanks to these factors, the Republic of Cuba became a protectorate of the US, and later, a sovereign state. Thanks for the information! Also, I found that news article quite funny! Maybe the editors should ask either Ford or Benz what's going on! Furthermore, I found the illustration of Roosevelt's _taking_ _office_ at 1:59 amusing, for some reason!
@yuraskin5591 Жыл бұрын
Short & informative. Bravo!
@familyandfriends3519 Жыл бұрын
He forgot to mention the treaty of Paris which says Cuba gets independence from Spain
@dritzzdarkwood4727 Жыл бұрын
0:51 Hahaha, that document! And a clever dig at the name of the treaty, which for unknown reasons was father to many treaties.
@Vinemaple Жыл бұрын
Ooh! Nice one! And thank you especially for the bit on the Philippines! I sailed with some Filipinos who didn't know about the US crushing the Filipino independence movement, their former allies... and that's where waterboarding was invented.
@k-studio8112 Жыл бұрын
We nearly turned Philippine-American war into a vietnam style slowly draining American money but unfortunately somebody from the revolutionary force betrayed his comrades.
@richardstephens5570 11 ай бұрын
Spain invented waterboarding.
@rasmusirlind8829 Жыл бұрын
an episode about wilsonian armenia would be so cool! please consider it!
@nik65stgt60 Жыл бұрын
Great content!
@davidpagan8559 Жыл бұрын
For one of the more informative books on this subject: How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr. Such a good book.
@leeshepherd834 Жыл бұрын
I have never looked forward to hearing the word "NO" more than I do when I click on your videos! 😂❤😂 Edit for timestamp: 1:07
@fransbuijs808 Жыл бұрын
I like the reference to the painting American Gothic by Grant Wood at the end.
@sirgalahad1470 Жыл бұрын
I always watch the whole video and I never click off the video until I hear the names James Bisonette and Kelly Moneymaker LOL
@CQuizeo Жыл бұрын
I love this channel and happy its still going strong. Really interested in all topics and stories. I find The visuals are hilarious with the guys holding sarcastic signs and frowning/disappointed expressions. Will def support in the future
@charlessaint7926 Жыл бұрын
Teddy Roosevelt, " *BULLY! A challenge. A love competition!* "
@muhammadhabibieamiro3639 Жыл бұрын
Another amazing video
@HarvestStore Жыл бұрын
Great video.
@gwho Жыл бұрын
At this point, we have to congratulate not just History matters for going strong for so many years, but also James Bizonette.
@Karl_Mannerheimer Жыл бұрын
Another good video idea, what happened to ambassadors in countries that there country is fighting against
@M0R3gOfF Жыл бұрын
Explain baarle-hertog and baarle-naasau next! Or just the weird borders of Belgium!
@DigitalPhantom Жыл бұрын
Great video overall, keep up the excellent work. One missing thing was that The Platt Amendment was repealed by the new Cuban constitution of 1934.
@selfworm Жыл бұрын
0:31 That's middle article is hilarious. The left article is pretty funny too. Reminds me of the Onion.
@greyghost2492 Жыл бұрын
Ironically, Cuba probably would've been far better off today if we had just annexed it.
@realdragao6367 Жыл бұрын
Unironically, all it would do is make cuba even more poor, if you check how the cuban capitalist goverment was, it was mainly based in exploiting natives and locals to give american companies more money (which thank god led to the uprising which saved the cubans from such fate)
@dougearnest7590 Жыл бұрын
Be careful. Those kinds of facts are not welcome here. Now close your eyes and envision a socialist utopia while repeating the mantra "USA bad, USA bad".
@biomuseum6645 Жыл бұрын
Spanish speaking countries: **chilling and vibing** The us for the entirety of its history: *I’m gonna put some dirt in your eye* 😈
@genghiskhan5701 Жыл бұрын
Spanish speaking countries in the 19th century or any era really are far from "chilling and vibing"
@bvillafuerte765 Жыл бұрын
@@genghiskhan5701 They became unstable and poor after the civil wars.
@crash.override Жыл бұрын
**Monroe doctrine intensifies**
@SKa-tt9nm Жыл бұрын
You do know that Spain declared war on America, correct? Also, I don’t think Bolivar is famous for “chilling and vibing”. Or pancho Villa. Or Santa Ana. This could be the most ill-informed post under a historical video on KZfaq. Congrats.
@biomuseum6645 Жыл бұрын
@@SKa-tt9nm But america declared war on spain after a ship blew up in a sus way You're right that they weren't actually chilling but it's just a generalization
@Avinkwep Жыл бұрын
Fun fact, Henry Teller was one of the first two Colorado Senators, my home state
@jesperhjensen1978 Жыл бұрын
I have been watching these for years now, those are some loyal patrons,
@animacionesesteban8963 Жыл бұрын
How many treaties of Paris exist Historians: Yes
@nirvanachile24 Жыл бұрын
Was hoping this would also cover previous amibitions to buy the island from Spain going as far back as the 1840s if not earlier.
@fernandolozano2811 6 ай бұрын
US propaganda destroyed Cuba
@thalastianjorus Жыл бұрын
I... need this channel to start making longer videos. By about 20m or so.
@dougearnest7590 Жыл бұрын
Hmmm. What would they use to fill that extra time. Maybe ... more accuracy? More balance? Nahhhhhh ....
@danielnavarro537 10 ай бұрын
USA to the Philippines: “Congratulations! You are being liberated. Please do not resist.”
@Thelocalpsychopath Жыл бұрын
Great summary! I highly recommend everyone to listen to S2 of the Blowback podcast to learn more about US-Cuba relations and how they developed after the non-annexation, especially during the latter half of the 20th century.
@TJMaxximalist Жыл бұрын
Such a great series. The Bloackback seasion on Cuba was eye-opening.
@javiervll8077 Жыл бұрын
The year 1898 was the end of the Spanish Empire 🇪🇸 with the loss of Cuba 🇨🇺, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 and the Philippines 🇵🇭. This was the beginning of a crisis that reached its climax with the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). We would not recover from that crisis until the 1960s with the opening of our economy abroad and the massive arrival of European tourists 🇩🇪🇬🇧
@jaimetalaverafranco774 Жыл бұрын
España llevaba tiempo ya muy enferma. Muchísima falta de liderazgo y esa sensación de que eran/son más que los demás los llevaron a la ruina
@familyandfriends3519 Жыл бұрын
Cuba got independence from Spain we didn't lose we gave them independence and we have eqdadoiral Guinean
@arthurmoran4951 Жыл бұрын
@@familyandfriends3519 equatorial guinea is independen now, it doesn't belong to spain anymore
@snakethejake_160 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love the depiction of McKinley's assassination. So real its like I was watching it live.
@whitefox9216 Жыл бұрын
Oh boy more answers to questions I didn’t know I had.
@krovianclass8772 Жыл бұрын
you know it's a good day when history matters posts
@adamkaufman724 Жыл бұрын
Love your work.
@jasonfullerton7763 Жыл бұрын
Mr. Hand taught me all I need to know about the Platt Amendment. Aloha!
@fatdaddyeddiejr Жыл бұрын
Happy Easter to James Bisonette.
@thetickler8531 Жыл бұрын
“Mr Burnnns, i think we can trust the President of Cubaaaa” - Homer Simpson
@KysonChannell Жыл бұрын
3:01 to 3:06 is a video I need. I would love to learn more about what the US has done in Central America.
@khukri_wielderxxx1962 Жыл бұрын
0:31 "I bet those guns would looks so cool splatting Spaniards!" Said one Admiral. I love this channel
@ifynishedu Жыл бұрын
I always check if history matters uploads a video, it’s a tradition atp
@sudahi51 Жыл бұрын
Every time I learn about American history the spark of patriotism in me grows ever dimmer
@jimmiller5600 Жыл бұрын
It's okay. America's history sucks. Until you consider it relative to every other nations, especially the larger ones. In general we suck less. I hope that helps you sleep better. It does for me. Mostly.
@strategystuff5080 Жыл бұрын
Good, means you have a brain, Anyone who shows blind patriotism for any nation, is at best a sheep, and at worst a tool for violence.
@reygonzalez4719 Жыл бұрын
Not me, I see how other countries are and what they done and I'm proud of the U.S.
@bvillafuerte765 Жыл бұрын
@@jimmiller5600 Remember that America is a continent, not a country. Besides carrying out coups and founding terrorist groups doesn't mean that it stinks less.
@jorge69696 Жыл бұрын
@@reygonzalez4719 You are proud of subjugating other countries? Not cool.
@nileshkumaraswamy2711 Жыл бұрын
‘Don’t make friends with any of America’s enemies’ well that worked out long term didn’t it.
@rungupuputherlambang6853 Жыл бұрын
I didn't expect the end 🤯
@flawyerlawyertv7454 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting!
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