Why did many Americans favor the Cubans in their struggle for independence from the Spanish?

They were sympathetic, as their struggle for freedom and democracy reminded them of their own revolutionary heritage. Why did many Americans favor the Cubans in their struggle for independence from the Spanish? It was hurting our economic interest. ... They surprised them and destroyed the Spanish force.

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was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all americans. the era has had a lasting impact on united states society, in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and in its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism. in the south violence and fraud in southern elections from 1868 to 1876, which had reduced black voter turnout and enabled southern white democrats to regain power in state legislatures across the south