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Historical Detective Work: Why Did the United States Invade Cuba?

At least two technology resources for exploring topic 1. A brief history of the United States and Cuba since 1898. []

This article provides a very general overview of US and Cuba relations. The article focuses on the effects the Spanish American War had on Cuba and its future. The article is great to read because it shows how history builds into the modern day. The understanding of what happened after the war also will help students to better understand why the US might have invaded in the first place. Newspaper articles help to give a great general overview of a subject that is very complex.

2. Cuba History Timeline []

The Cuba History Timeline will give context for what happened before the Spanish American War. This timeline will provide students with events that will allow students to possible propose different theories for invasion. It is important that the students are able to see cause and effect relationships in the timeline. The timeline will provide students to obtain a greater knowledge if they wish too. This timeline is also from a very trustworthy source of the BBC.