Why did Americans celebrate the Spanish-American War?
a. Americans were eager to punish Spain for its loyalty to the Confederacy during the Civil War.
b. Americans had long wished for a colonial empire that included the Philippines.
c. A military victory against the most powerful military in the world at the time—Spain—was a source of much national pride.
d. Americans had harbored deep resentments against Cuba ever since the Mexican-American War.
e. Americans experienced the war as an occasion for national reconciliation between North and South.